Grapefruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    250 g all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1 pinch salt, divided
    200 g sugar
    85 g butter, softened
    170 g cream cheese
    2 large eggs
    1/4 cup sunflower oil
    2 tablespoons grated grapefruits, rind
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/2 cup milk
    1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice
    1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
    butter, for greasing
Preparation
    Combine flour, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, stirring well. Place sugar, butter, and cream cheese in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy.
    Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in oil, rind, and vanilla. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to batter, beginning and ending with flour.
    Spoon batter into a 10-inch tube pan with greased with butter. Bake at 160\u00b0C for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs clinging.
    Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Invert cake. Cool on rack.
    Place grapefruit juice in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 3 tablespoons (about 4 minutes). Cool slightly. Stir in powdered sugar and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt. Drizzle over cake.

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