Sometimes you just want a cake that zings at you – Simple to prepare, but substantial that you can have hearty chunks but yet it is light and crumbly – and oh Wow! How tasty. This Lemon and Grapefruit Drizzle Bundt Cake is just the recipe. Easy to bake, simple decoration but jam packed full of taste.
Grapefruits are synonymous with holidays for me – I first discovered the joy of eating them outdoors for breakfast in France about 4 years ago and very much look forward to carrying on the tradition this summer. In true holiday preparation mode, I bought a grapefruit earlier in the week and remembered how amazing this cake can be.
LEMON & GRAPEFRUIT DRIZZLE BUNDT CAKE
| Serves | 10+ |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Cook time | 55 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hours, 15 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Barbecue, Birthday Party, Casual Party |
INGREDIENTS
- 225g Butter
- 500g Caster Sugar
- 4 Medium Eggs
- 1 Juice & Finely Grated Zest of Grapefruit (Keep a little of the grapefruit juice to one side for the icing drizzle)
- 3 Finely grated Lemon Zest – Keep one lot of zest aside for decoration (plus juice of 2 of the lemons for the cake & 1 for the icing drizzle)
- 380g Self Raising Flour (Plus around 3 tbsp extra for lining the tin)
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 180ml Milk
- 225g Icing Sugar
DIRECTIONS
| Cake | |
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 170C and butter the inside of a bundt cake tin. Sprinkle flour inside the tin until all the butter is covered and shake out any excess | |
| 2. | |
| Using an electric mixer, whisk the butter and caster sugar until well combined and pale & fluffy | |
| 3. | |
| Add the eggs, one at a time, carrying on whisking on a medium speed – Add the vanilla extract | |
| 4. | |
| Add the grapefruit & Lemon juice & grated zest – Add 3 tbsp of flour at the same time to stop it curdling | |
| 5. | |
| Add the rest of the flour, one tbsp at a time & the milk alternately. As soon as the last tbsp of flour & all of the milk has been added, turn the mixer off and continue to fold together by hand using a spatula | |
| 6. | |
| Pour into the bundt tin and bake for 55 minutes – Check after this time, if a skewer comes out clean then it is done – alternatively, the cake may need another 12 minutes – I sometimes turn the oven down to 160C at this point to stop the outside getting too dark | |
| Drizzle Icing | |
| 7. | |
| When the cake is cooling, mix together the remaining lemon/grapefruit juice with the icing sugar | |
| 8. | |
| Pour over the top – allow it to drizzle down the sides and into the centre. Sprinkle over the remaining lemon zest | |
This cake looks really good! I literally want some now. Should give it a try some time. 🙂 #brilliantblogposts
ooooh Helen that looks so good! i bet that was lovely and tangy and moist
thank you for hosting x
I’m not a huge fan of grapefruit, but my husband absolutely loves it, it’s his favourite fruit – I will have to show this recipe to him! x #reciperoundup
I’ve never put grapefruit in a cake before but I can imagien it woudl give it a great zing. The consistency looks really goo. I’m hungry now! Mich x
WOWWWWW What a fantastic cake!! I LOVE the texture!!
My family loves lemon cakes, but I’ve never tried with grapefruit 🙂
Thank you for the party, and you can always send me a huge slice… 🙂
Gosh you really do make the most amazing bundt cakes! This looks incredible. So neat and perfect!! And your photos are gorgeous as always! You inspire me.
I love the idea of using grapefruit – so fresh. It looks delicious and reminds me that I really should go and buy a bundt tin and give it a go.
Fabulous idea with grapefruit. Your cake looks stunning!
Oh wow what a great selection of summer recipes. That bundt cake looks AMAZING! There is just something about lemon and icing isn’t there! Thanks for linking up to #reciperoundup
Wow! It look lush! I love to bake this! Now I better go and buy the tin! Delicious.
This cake looks scrumptious! x
Everything looks good, Helen. Again, sorry for the super late comment. Thank you so much for the feature. Have a lovely week ahead. 🙂 xx
I love making bundt cakes. this one looks so delicious.