Grapefruit moelleux
The french love their "moelleux" — moist fondant cakes, often with a melting centre. These little mini-moelleux are flavoured with grapefruit.
The grapefruit flavour is brought out fully by using a combination of juice, zest and candied peel.
The grapefruit flavour is brought out fully by using a combination of juice, zest and candied peel.
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Last modified on: March 24th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 80 pieces, you will need:
- 1
400 ml caster sugar - 2
2 grapefruits - 3
180 ml Noisette butter - 4
400 ml Egg - 5
100 ml cream - 6
312 ml flour - 7
4 ml baking powder - 8
40 ml Candied grapefruit peel (optional) - 9
26.2 ml Pearl sugar (optional)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 min. | 15 min. | 20 min. | 1 hour 7 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Zest 2 grapefruits into 400 ml caster sugar. Mix well, cover with plastic film and leave to rest for at least one hour, to allow the sugar to take up the grapefruit flavour.
Note: You can prepare this sugar the day before. Add the zest of a lime, too, if you'd like a fuller citrus flavour.
Note: You can prepare this sugar the day before. Add the zest of a lime, too, if you'd like a fuller citrus flavour.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Mix again.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Pour in 180 ml Noisette butter.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Mix again.
You cake batter is now ready.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
You cake batter is now ready.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Stage 8 - 7 min.
Pour into small moulds (non-stick if possible) or tins of about 2 oz (50 g) size, or larger, depending on what you have.
Stage 9 - 20 min.
Bake for about 20 minutes (for smaller cakes).
Stage 10 - 15 min.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
For an even better flavour, brush the cakes with a little citrus syrup and leave this to soak in.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
If possible, decorate the cakes with a strip of candied peel and grains of pearl sugar.
Remarks
This moist cake can be made with other citrus fruits: orange, lemon, lime...
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Based on a recipe by Gaëtan Paris.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,923 Kcal or 20,612 Kj | 80 gr | 864 gr | 263 gr |
| 246 % | 31 % | 82 % | 40 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 251 Kcal or 1,051 Kj | 4 gr | 44 gr | 13 gr |
| 13 % | 2 % | 4 % | 2 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 62 Kcal or 260 Kj | 1 gr | 11 gr | 3 gr |
| 3 % | <1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 80 pieces : 4.41 €
- Per piece : 0.06 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Galette Charentaise, Tiramisu, Sesame cookies, Rémoulette of celeriac, Lemon tart, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pogne de Romans, Crème caramel, Mulled apple juice, Cornmeal baps for Anne, Doughnuts, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Meatballs, ... All |
 | Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Génoise (Genoa sponge), Pancake batter, Pistachio "Financiers", Pistachio madeleines, Lemon and lime cakes, ... All |
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