Southern Red Cabbage Cake with Grapefruit

This recipe must be tried.  The grapefruit glaze and cheesecake icing are the perfect finish to this Southern cake.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup shredded carrot
• 3/4 cup red cabbage, shredded and rough chopped
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup pecans + 1/4 cup for topping
• 1 cup sour cream
• Glaze Sauce
• 1 cup grapefruit juice
• 2 cups confectioners sugar
• 1 tbsp orange zest
• 1 tbsp grapefruit zest
• Cream Cheese Icing
• 2 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 tbsp whipping cream
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 7 cups confectioners sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare two 9 inch round cake pans with non stick baking spray. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and set aside. Next, in your stand mixture bowl on medium speed, mix together eggs, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. When it is mixed well, add the dry flour mixture to your wet. Start mixer on low then scrap sides and beat on medium high until creamy, about a minute or so. Next add carrots, cabbage and 3/4 cup chopped pecans and raisins. Mix well. Lastly, add the sour cream and mix until creamy, about 40 seconds to a minute. Pour into two round 9 inch cake pans and bake for 25 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand in pans for about 10 minutes. Turn out on cooling racks let stand another 10 minutes then poke holes in both layers of cake with straw and pour a thin layer of glaze. Then, let cool completely. Ice and decorate with the remaining 1/4 cup pecans.Glaze:Mix juice and sugar until thin if it is too thick, add more juice a tablespoon at a time.In a mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter. Then add whipping cream, mix on high for about 30 seconds and put mixer on low. Add vanilla while mixing and slowly add confectioners sugar, mix until creamy and spreadable.

Number of Servings: 12