Cornmeal Pound Cake Recipes

THE MOST ADAPTABLE ONE-BOWL CORNMEAL POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees, and grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan. (Or grease and line it with parchment.)
• In a big bowl, add the sugar, and grate the zest from the orange, lemon or lime into the bowl. If you need a little aromatherapy, work the zest into the sugar with your fingers. (This technique is supposed to infuse the citrus into the sugar.)
• Add the fat, eggs, and yogurt to the bowl, along with the extract and nutmeg, if you like.
• Whisk in the salt, baking soda, baking powder and cornmeal. Once smooth, whisk in flour.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Let it (mostly) cool in the pan. Then slice off a thick piece, butter it and let yourself be soothed.

CORNMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8 x 8 inch pan.
• In a large bowl beat butter until smooth. Stir in flour and beat on low, adding water.
• Chop corn in food processor or blender. Stir into butter mixture.
• In a medium bowl combine sugar, cornmeal, cream, baking powder, parsley and chili powder; add to butter mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.

CORNMEAL POUNDCAKE WITH FRESH BERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 9x5inch loaf pan. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add dry ingredients and beat just until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until top is golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, 45 minutes. Transfer pan to rack. Cool cake 10 minutes. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
• Combine 1 cup strawberries and 1/2 cup raspberries in processor. Puree until smooth. Strain, if desired. Transfer sauce to medium bowl. Add remaining strawberries and raspberries. Sweeten with sugar, if desired.
• Cut cake into slices. Serve with berries and sauce.

CORNMEAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350*F. Butter and flour a 9 X 5 inch loaf pan.
• Cream the butter and sugar until well combine and fluffy.
• Whisk together the eggs, milk and vanilla and gradually add to the butter mixture, beating well to combine.
• Sift together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. Add half to the batter and beat to combine, then add the remaining half, gently folding in with a spatula.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, smoothing top with a spatula. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 325*F and bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes longer, until tests done. If the top of the cake seems to be getting too brown, but cake is not done, cover with foil and continue baking. Let cool slightly on a wire rack before inverting.