Brown Derby Grapefruit Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown derby grapefruit cake. Sift together flour sugar baking powder and salt in mixing bowl. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar separately until whites are stiff but not dry. Sift together flour sugar baking powder and salt in mixing bowl.
The hollywood brown derby grapefruit cake is a classic dessert that dates back to hollywood s heyday. The brown derby restaurant chain in los angeles consisted of a number of restaurants with the first and most iconic being in the shape of a hat. Sift together flour sugar baking powder and salt in mixing bowl.
A cake created just for Louella Parsons remained a popular menu item until the restaurant closed in 1975. Make a well in center of dry ingredients. Beat until very smooth.
Make a well in center of dry ingredients. The Brown Derby Grapefruit Cake is a chiffon cake recipe that was created by the restaurant owner Robert Cobb who also created the Cobb salad for a special patron of his gossip columnist Louella Parsons who was always on a diet and wanted a lighter grapefruit cake that would fit into her grapefruit diet. Voila the Brown Derby Grapefruit Cake was created.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Ingredients 1 12 cup Sifted cake flour 34 cup Sugar 1 12 tsp Baking powder 1 tsp Salt 14 cup Water 14 cup Oil 3 x Eggs separated 3 tbl Grapefruit juice 12 tsp Grated lemon peel 14 tsp Cream of tartar 1 x Grapefruit peeled and sectioned CREAM CHEESE FROSTING. Preheat the over to 350F.