Or an adaption of Lily Vanilli’s Pink Grapefruit, Almond and Brown Sugar Tea Cakes, as it really should be! I recently bought Lily Vanilli’s Sweet Tooth as a post Christmas gift to myself! I was tempted by the colourful, pretty cover as well the reviews I’ve read of it and having seen the bakery for myself a while back when on Colombia Road.
I was trying to avoid studying so thought it was a good opportunity to bake something from this beautiful book. I choose these Tea Cakes but didn’t have a pink grapefruit, but did have a pile of oranges that needed using!
Pink Grapefruit, Almond and Brown Sugar Tea Cakes (Makes 12)
Ingredients
1 Pink Grapefruit (or large Orange!)
30g Flaked Almonds
1 tbsp. Light Brown Sugar (for sprinkling)
2 tbsp. Apricot Jam
150g Unsalted Butter
150g Light Brown Sugar
200g Ground Almonds
Finely grated zest of 1/2 Pink Grapefruit
2 Eggs
35g Plain Flour
Method
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Preheat oven to 180 c / Gas Mark 6
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Line a baking tray with baking parchment
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Grease well a 12 hole muffin / cupcake tray
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Top and tail the zested grapefruit, cut away the peel, then carefully cut out the fruit segments from just inside the membrane.
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Discard the membrane and juice, then place the segments on your prepared baking tray and bake for 20 mins
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Remove from oven and allow to cool. Leave the oven on
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To make the frangipane, beat the butter and sugar together for approx. 3 mins
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Beat in the ground almonds and zest, followed by the eggs and then the flour
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Spoon evenly into your prepared muffin tray and press a cooled grapefruit segment on the top of each
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Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and brown sugar
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Bake for 20 mins, or until a cocktail inserted into the centre comes out clean
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To make the optional glaze, mix the apricot jam with a few drops of water in a heavy-bottomed pan and heat over a medium heat until runny but not bubbling hot
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Brush a little of the glaze over each tea cake as they come out of the oven.
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Allow to cool in the tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely
Enjoy with a cup of tea!!
