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Here’s a sweet-tart cake that’s easy, delicious and one of a kind. Oh, and healthy, too!

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 5 tablespoons grated grapefruit zest
  • 1/4 cup agave nectar or honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup canola oil

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons grapefruit juice
  • Grapefruit wheels and fresh mint leaves, optional
  • Fresh mint leaves

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°.
  2. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Combine next seven ingredients. Gradually stir flour mixture into yogurt mixture, then pour into a round baking pan coated with cooking spray.
  3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 25-30 minutes.
  4. Let it Cool.
  5. For glaze, mix confectioners’ sugar with enough grapefruit juice to reach desired consistency; drizzle glaze over top, allowing some to flow over sides.
  6. Top cake with grapefruit and mint if desired.

Recipe from Taste of Home.