Grapefruit quick bread is a healthy recipe in which oats, whole wheat and white flour are mixed with grapefruit pulp creating a fragrant citrusy cake.
I love making and eating cakes, but your love for a cake can sometimes lead you to the unhealthy path. So I am always trying to replace refined flour with whole grain flour. Sometimes it’s a hit and other times a miss. So in this quick bread, I mixed oats flour, whole wheat flour and unbleached white flour to spike the fiber content and mixed with freshly made grapefruit pulp, semi-sweet chocolate chips and eggs. And the result was tender and moist bread or cake with deeply grapefruit essence. I served grapefruit cake with fresh grapefruit segments and chocolate sauce. The chocolate sauce I made was just two things, semi-sweet chocolate chips and freshly squeezed grapefruit juice. So there is a double punch of citrusy goodness.
Grapefruit Quick Bread / Healthy Grapefruit Cake
Course: Dessert, BreakfastCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Medium8
servings25
minutes40
minutes1 hour 10 minutes
Grapefruit quick bread is a healthy recipe in which oats, whole wheat and white flour are mixed with grapefruit pulp creating a fragrant citrus cake.
Ingredients
- For Dry Ingredients :-
1/2 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of whole wheat flour
1/2 cup of old-fashioned oats
1.25 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of baking soda
1 Tbsp of semi sweet chocolate chips
Pinch of salt
- For Wet Ingredients :-
1/4 cup of coconut oil
2 eggs
1/2 cup of sugar +1/4 cup of honey/agave nectar
Zest of 2 grapefruits
1 grapefruit for pulp
- Toppings :-
Segments and juice of one grapefruit
2 Tbsp of powdered sugar
2 Tbsp of semi-sweet chocolate chips(optional)
Directions
- Grease and flour the 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pan or any desired cake pan
- Process the oats in a food processor into fine flour, then mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Beat eggs, sugar, oil and agave nectar together in another bowl until the yolk turns pale.
- Take the zest off of both the grapefruits and mix it into the egg mixture.
- Now peel off the skin and pith of one of the zested grapefruits and cut it into segments and squeeze out the juice from the leftover membrane.(See note)
- Process the segments and juice in a blender into a smooth juice or pulp about 3/4 cup.
- Now mix in the pulp into egg mixture.
- Now add the dry ingredients into wet one little by little until well combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350 F for 40-50 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes clean.
- Now for Topping :-
- Peel off the skin and pith of the second grapefruit and again cut it into segments and squeeze the juice out of the membrane in a bowl.
- Now mix well the powdered sugar with grapefruit section and juice and keep aside.
- In another bowl, melt the chocolate and add 1-2 Tbsp of above grapefruit juice to thin it out into a smooth sauce.
- When the bread is out of the oven brush the bread with the grapefruit juice. Let it completely cool down before cutting.
- Serve grapefruit quick bread or cake with fresh grapefruit section and chocolate sauce.
Notes
- It is very important to take out the membranes of grapefruit as it is very bitter. Follow the link if you want learn how to cut the grapefruit into segments.
