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This cheerful Grapefruit Layer Cake is sure to brighten your day! With moist grapefruit cake, a grapefruit curd filling, and grapefruit buttercream on the outside, it’s wonderfully refreshing and such a nice change from the usual lemon or orange cakes. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Cheerful Layer Cake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You guys, I have to be honest. 2015 has been a little gnarly so far. Every January I think I’m going to conquer the new year like a she-beast, and every January our little household is struck with various combinations of illnesses, crazy work deadlines, and unexpected life stuff. It’s like New Year’s Claus isn’t even reading my letters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, I’ve got the antidote to the January blues. I dare you—DARE YOU I SAY—to look at this bright and cheerful Grapefruit Layer Cake and not smile like a fool…or at least smize a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided that what this gloomy month needed was a little edible sunshine, stat. And what could be sunnier than a grapefruit cake, layered with grapefruit curd, topped with grapefruit buttercream, and decorated to look like a…wait for it…grapefruit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you ever said to yourself, “Self, the problem with cakes is that they’re not literal <\/em>enough. Lemon cakes with white frosting, strawberry cakes with chocolate curls, German chocolate cakes without a single German person or flag piped on top…it’s maddening!” Great news, you literal-loving weirdo. This Grapefruit Layer Cake solves all of your problems!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Watercolor Paint the Fondant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heaven knows I love big swoops of frosting and intricate piping and big piles of chocolate curls as much as the next girl, but for this cake I wanted to do something completely different and a little more stripped-down. After covering the cake with a simple layer of white fondant, I painted it with watered-down food coloring to look just like a grapefruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first stippled the sides to give them little dimples, jut like a real grapefruit. Then I brushed a mix of orange, yellow, and a bit of ivory on the sides, and painted some pinkish-orange sections on top. And yes I looked at a real grapefruit the whole time, because as soon as I had the paintbrush in my hand, my mind went blank and I had zero memory of what an actual grapefruit looked like. (#performanceanxiety)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I often have the experience where the execution of my ideas doesn’t live up to the way I pictured them in my head, but this one was pretty close to the mark! It was surprisingly smooth sailing too. I would guess that it took me about 20 minutes to paint the outside, and it would probably go faster now that I’m a bit more confident. This decorating idea would work with other fruits too—any citrus fruit, of course, but also kiwi or watermelon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why You’ll Love this Layer Cake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But enough about the outside—this cake is more than just a pretty face. It features THREE grapefruit components: four layers of moist grapefruit cake, three layers of grapefruit curd inside, and a tart grapefruit buttercream along the outside. Only serious grapefruit lovers need apply!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hope your Januaries have been treating you all splendidly, but in case your month has been a little gnarly too, I hereby prescribe you a dose of grapefruit cake, to be taken as often as desired until you feel better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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💛More Citrus Layer Cakes You’ll Love<\/h2>\n\n\n\n