Grapefruit and gin

Name: Grapefruit and gin
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 30 g melted butter; 20 g canola or other flavourless oil; 20 g canola or other flavourless oil; 50 g flour (gluten free, if desired); ½ tsp baking powder; 1 egg; 50 g butter; 3 sheets gelatine; 175 g pink or ruby red grapefruit juice; 175 g pink or ruby red grapefruit juice; 25 g gin; 1 tiny drop red colouring; 200 g cream; 2 egg whites; 90 g sugar; 1 pink or ruby red grapefruit; 1 pink or ruby red grapefruit; baby basil; edible flowers

Preparation info

Makes
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pâtisserie Made Simple

By Maxine Scheckter

Published 2026

About

I love pairing gin with pastries. Finding different gins with varying flavour profiles is such a fun way to alter the taste of a pastry while using the same recipe. Grapefruit and gin are a flavour match made in heaven, and create a pretty pink gâteau at the same time.

Ingredients

Grapefruit cake

30 g melted butter
50 g sugar
1

Europe
France
Cake
Low calorie
Summer

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C and line the tin. Whisk the butter and sugar together in a bowl until well combined, then whisk in the egg. Whisk the oil and grapefruit juice in, followed by the flour and baking powder. Once smooth, pour into the lined tin and