World Cuisines: Grapefruit Cake (USA)

It's grapefruit season in Texas. Let's take advantage of it. Besides delicious fresh squeezed juice, it's time for a cake. It's super easy to make and it comes out very fluffy and delicate in taste. Let's do it!

Ingredients:
Loaf:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp finely grated grapefruit zest
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt (or regular plain yogurt)
- 7 Tbsp fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 Tbsp chia seeds (or poppy seeds)

Frosting:
- 1 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt
- 1 Tbsp grapefruit juice
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp chia seeds (or poppy seeds) for sprinkling
- pinch of salt

Directions for loaf:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan with aluminum foil. 
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Using your hands, work grapefruit zest into granulated sugar in a large bowl until sugar starts to clump (around 1 minute).
- Add eggs, oil and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer until light and thick (around 4 minutes).
- Reduce mixer's speed to low and mix in half of dry ingredients. 
- Mix in yogurt.
- Mix in remaining dry ingredients. 
- Add grapefruit juice and chia seeds. Stir.
- Move batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for around 50 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool completely.

Directions for frosting:
- Whisk powdered sugar, yogurt, juice and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Drizzle over the cake.
- Sprinkle with chia seeds.
- Let sit until glaze is set (about 30 minutes). To speed up the process, move into the fridge. 

I hope you enjoy!