Grapefruit madeira recipe

Ingredients

• 250 g softened butter
• 450 g castor sugar
• 4 extra large eggs
• 400 g cake flour
• 400 g cake flour
• a pinch of salt
• 250 ml milk
• 1 vanilla pod, split and deseeded
• 2 grapefruits zest
• 1 grapefruit, peeled and broken into segments

1. Preheat the oven to 170 °C. Grease and line the base of a 22 × 12 cm loaf pan.
To make the Batter
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until thick, pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Sift together the dry ingredients. Alternately add the dry ingredients and milk to the butter mixture to form a smooth batter. Fold in the vanilla seeds and grapefruit zest.
Baking and Cooling
3. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan and spread out evenly using a rubber spatula. Bake for 1 hour or until golden on the top and a metal skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.