Day 283 – Pink Grapefruit Cupcakes

So far we’ve had some pretty interesting cupcakes.  And lots of citrus.  These Pink Grapefruit Cupcakes (recipe below from My Recipes) seemed like a combination of those 2.  I mean.  We’ve had lemon, orange.  Even lime.  But this is the first grapefruit.

    

The cupcakes are squishy and moist. They have a sweet grapefruit flavor. With a little bit of bite at the end. Very much like the bite when you eat a grapefruit.

Note: The recipe calls for 4 tbsp of grapefruit zest. That would take a WHOLE lot of grapefruits and a WHOLE lot of time. So, I added 1 grapefruit-worth of zest and 3 tbsp grapefruit juice.

The frosting is smooth, creamy and soft. It has a sweet grapefruit flavor too. A little like lemonade if you made it out of grapefruit. Grapefruit juice and sugar.

    

The cupcake is moist and creamy all together. It has a sugary grapefruit flavor. The bitterness is a lot stronger when you put them together.

Scoring Sheet:

• Cupcake Taste: 4

• Frosting Taste: 3.5

• Overall Taste: 3.5

• Appearance: 4
• Ease of Making: 4
• TOTAL: 19.5

RECIPE

Pink Grapefruit Cupcakes (recipe from My Recipes)

Grapefruit Cupcakes:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup 2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons pink grapefruit zest

Pink Grapefruit Frosting:

• 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, chilled
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon pink grapefruit zest and 2 teaspoons pink grapefruit juice
• 2 drops red food coloring

For directions visit My Recipes.

*Tomorrow: Strawberry Crepe Cupcakes*