Fresh Grapefruit Cake
INGREDIENTS:
2 c All purpose flour -pineapple in juice
1 tb Ground cinnamon 1/2 c Mashed ripe bananas
2 ts Baking soda 3/4 c Chopped pecans
1/4 ts Salt FROSTING:
1 c Vegetable oil 8 oz Pkg cream cheese, at room
1 c Sugar -temperature
1 c Firmly packed golden brown 1 c Powdered sugar
-sugar 3 tb Unsalted butter, at room
4 lg Eggs -temperature
1 1/2 c Finely grated carrots (about 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
-1 1/2 large) Additional ground cinnamon
1 c Drained canned crushed
2 c All purpose flour -pineapple in juice
1 tb Ground cinnamon 1/2 c Mashed ripe bananas
2 ts Baking soda 3/4 c Chopped pecans
1/4 ts Salt FROSTING:
1 c Vegetable oil 8 oz Pkg cream cheese, at room
1 c Sugar -temperature
1 c Firmly packed golden brown 1 c Powdered sugar
-sugar 3 tb Unsalted butter, at room
4 lg Eggs -temperature
1 1/2 c Finely grated carrots (about 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
-1 1/2 large) Additional ground cinnamon
1 c Drained canned crushed
FOR CAKE: Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan. Sift the first four ingredients into a medium bowl. Whisk the oil, sugar, brown sugar and eggs in a large bowl until well blended. Mix in the dry ingredients. Add the carrots, pineapple, banana and pecans; blend well. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted near the center comes out clean, or about 1 hour. Let the cake stand in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool.
FOR FROSTING: Beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl until smooth. Spread frosting over the cake. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon
Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover wiyth a cake dome and refrigerate.
Makes 12 servings.
FOR FROSTING: Beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl until smooth. Spread frosting over the cake. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon
Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover wiyth a cake dome and refrigerate.
Makes 12 servings.