Berry Cornmeal Cake Recipes

CORNMEAL-BERRY SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and line with parchment, leaving overhang on long sides. Butter parchment. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 batches of buttermilk and beating until just combined. Spread batter in prepared pan.
• Sprinkle berries over top, then sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Remove cake with parchment and cut into pieces (3 or 4 on short side, then 4 or 6 on long side). Cake is best served the same day, with whipped cream and additional berries.

BERRY CORNMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 9x9 inch baking dish.
• Stir the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a mixing bowl. Combine the eggs, condensed milk, milk, oil, and vanilla in a second mixing bowl. Add egg mixture to the cornmeal mixture all at once and beat until well blended, about 2 minutes. Spread berries over the bottom of prepared dish. Spoon batter evenly over the berries to completely cover.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 45 minutes.

BERRY-CORNMEAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter and flour a 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 7 minutes. Scrape down bowl and beat 1 minute more. Add vanilla, then gradually add eggs, beating well and scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, add salt, then gradually add flour and cornmeal, beating well to combine and scraping down bowl as needed. Gently toss berries with remaining 1 tablespoon flour. Fold into batter.
• Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 65 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack before slicing.
• To store, wrap in plastic and keep at room temperature, up to 3 days, or wrap in plastic and freeze for up to 3 weeks. (Thaw, wrapped, at room temperature.)

CORNMEAL-BERRY SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 deg F Butter a 9x13 baking pan and line with parchment paper, leaving paper overhanging the long sides of the pan. Butter the parchment paper. (This is additional butter,not the butter called for in the ingredients list).
• Whisk together the flour, cormeal, bakiing powder and salt in a bowl.
• Beat the butter and 1 1/2 c sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed, then add the vanilla.
• Add the flour mix 1/3 at a time, alternating with the buttermilk and ending with the flour. Beat until just combined.
• Spread batter in the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle berries over the top and then sprinkle with the 2 tbl sugar.
• Bake until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Remove and cut into pieces. Cake is best served the same day. Garnish with fresh berries and whipped cream.

UPSIDE-DOWN BERRY CORNMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 8-inch round cake pan, line bottom with parchment paper, grease.
• Arrange 1 1/2 cups berries in bottom of pan; set aside.
• In bowl stir together flour, cornmeal, basil, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, milk and oil.
• Add milk mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir until combined; pour over berries. Spread evenly.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until pick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan 5 minutes. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen sides. Invert. Remove parchment. Top with remaining berries and a sprig of basil and/or mint.

LEMON BLUEBERRY CORNMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 9-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom with cooking spray. In a large bowl, beat egg whites, egg, yogurt, honey, oil, lemon zest and extract until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into yogurt mixture., Transfer batter to prepared pan; top with blueberries and almonds. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle marmalade over warm cake. Cool on a wire rack; serve warm or at room temperature.