9.13.2012

bake 20: grapefruit pound cake.

this past february, one of my beloved co-workers came into the office raving about a fantastic grapefruit cake she found in the most recent cooking light magazine.  since i tend to lean towards all things citrus, i knew this was the perfect recipe for me. the only problem, and as mentioned before 400 thousand times, i'm not much of a baker.  so the recipe sat, tucked away in one of my favorite cookbooks, waiting to be found. 

last weekend, we had a small dinner party with a couple of our neighbors.  i made our famous fish tacos complete with spanish rice and beans.  but for dessert, i was struggling to find something that would compliment this baja menu.  & then i remembered the grapefruit pound cake.


adjustments: i didn't make any changes to the batter, but did decide to cook it in a bundt pan.  for the glaze, i doubled the juice and only once i was in the glaze-making process, did i realize i didn't have enough powdered sugar.  so i used what i had for a juicier glaze.

review: wow.  this cake is rockin'.  it's moist and light and perfectly satisfying.  everyone loved the first bite and later, helped themselves to more.  this cake will be made again.  probably in the very near future.

this is #5 of the bake 20 challenge.

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over the next five months i'm going to try my hand at 20 different baked goods.  there's no specific order and no plan.  just making things that look good and hopefully in the process, finding a new appreciation of baking.  feel free to join me in the Bake 20 Challenge.

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