LEMON POLENTA CAKE
Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network
Time 1h
Yield 16 slices
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- This cake is a sort of Anglo-Italian amalgam. The flat, plain disc is reminiscent of the confections that sit geometrically arranged in patisserie windows in Italy; the sharp, syrupy sogginess borrows from the classic English teatime favorite, the lemon drizzle cake. It is a good marriage: I love Italian cooking in all respects save one - I find their cakes both too dry and too sweet. Here, though, the flavorsome grittiness of the polenta and tender rubble of ground almond meal provide so much better a foil for the wholly desirable dampness than does the usual flour.
- But there is more to it than that. By some alchemical process, the lemon highlights the eggy butteriness of the cake, making it rich and sharp at the same time. If you were to try to imagine what lemon curd would taste like in cake form, this would be it.
- Although I am greedily happy to slice and cram messily straight into my mouth, letting damp clumps fall where they will, this cake is best eaten - in company at least - with spoon and fork. Either way, consider it a contender for teatime comfort and supper-party celebration alike.
- For the cake: Line the base of your cake pan with parchment paper and grease its sides lightly with butter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat the butter and sugar till pale and whipped, either by hand in a bowl with a wooden spoon, or using a freestanding mixer.
- Mix together the almond meal, polenta and baking powder, and beat some of this into the butter-sugar mixture, followed by 1 egg, then alternate dry ingredients and eggs, beating all the while.
- Finally, beat in the lemon zest and pour, spoon or scrape the mixture into your prepared pan and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes. It may seem wibbly but, if the cake is cooked, a cake tester should come out cleanish and, most significantly, the edges of the cake will have begun to shrink away from the sides of the pan. Remove from the oven to a wire cooling rack, but leave in its pan.
- For the syrup: Make the syrup by boiling together the lemon juice and confectioners' sugar in a smallish saucepan. Once the confectioners' sugar has dissolved into the juice, you're done. Prick the top of the cake all over with a cake tester (a skewer would be too destructive), pour the warm syrup over the cake, and leave to cool before taking it out of its pan.
- Make Ahead Note: The cake can be baked up to 3 days ahead and stored in airtight container in a cool place. Will keep for total of 5 to 6 days.
- Freeze Note: The cake can be frozen on its lining paper as soon as cooled, wrapped in double layer of plastic wrap and a layer of foil, for up to 1 month. Thaw for 3 to 4 hours at room temperature.
LEMON POLENTA CAKE
A syrupy lemon thrill that is my favorite! This cake recipe uses ground almonds instead of flour.
Provided by kiminal
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 2h
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line the bottom of a 10-inch cake pan with parchment paper.
- Beat the sugar and butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next.
- In a separate bowl, combine the almond meal, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest. Gently fold it into the butter mixture, stirring just until combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven until the cake is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 90 to 120 minutes.
- While the cake is baking, combine the lemon juice and superfine sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and boil until the sugar has dissolved and the liquid is reduced by half. Remove from heat.
- Remove the cake from the oven and use a skewer or toothpick to prick holes in the cake. Pour the lemon syrup over the surface. Allow the cake to cool in the pan completely before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 774.1 calories, Carbohydrate 86.7 g, Cholesterol 163.2 mg, Fat 41.9 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 23.5 g, SaturatedFat 21 g, Sodium 409.3 mg, Sugar 54.5 g
LEMON POLENTA CAKE
Fresh lemon juice gives this fluffy polenta cake from Nigella Lawson's "Nigella Kitchen" cookbook its light, tangy flavor.Photo credit: Lis Parsons
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes
Yield Makes one 9-inch cake
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the base of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper and butter sides; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and superfine sugar until pale and fluffy.
- In a medium bowl, mix together almond meal, polenta, and baking powder. Add some of the almond meal mixture to the bowl with the butter mixture and beat to combine. Add one egg and mix until combined. With the mixer on low, continue alternating adding remaining almond meal mixture and 2 eggs; mix until well combined. Add lemon zest and mix just to combine.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and transfer to oven; bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out with just a few crumbs and cake begins to pull away from sides of the pan, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, mix together lemon juice and confectioners' sugar; place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved; remove syrup from heat.
- Using a cake tester, prick holes all over the top of the cake; pour warm syrup over cake and let cool completely. Remove from pan and serve.
RASPBERRY & LEMON POLENTA CAKE
Give your sponge an Italian twist with Jane Hornby's easy-to-make polenta cake
Provided by Jane Hornby
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 and butter two 20cm sandwich tins. Line the bottom of the tins with baking paper. In a large bowl, beat the butter and 225g caster sugar together until creamy and light. Gradually add the egg, little by little, until all the egg is worked in and the mix is pale and fluffy. If the mix looks like it's starting to split, add 1 tsp of the flour, then carry on.
- Put the polenta in another bowl, then stir in the flour and baking powder. Beat the vanilla extract and zest into the eggy mix, then fold in the dry ingredients. Spoon half the batter into each tin and level the top. Scatter all but a handful of the raspberries over the mix and poke in gently. Sprinkle one of the sponges with the 1 tbsp sugar. Bake for 20 mins until risen and golden, but still with a little wobble under the crust.
- Open the oven, whip out the sugar-crusted sponge and quickly poke the remaining frozen raspberries into the top. Bake both sponges for 10 more mins or until springy in the middle. If this sounds too tricky, just leave the sponges to bake for 30 mins - the cake won't look as glam, but will still taste great (you can add the leftover berries to the filling instead). Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then cool completely on a rack. Be careful when turning out the raspberry-topped sponge and slide it off its base rather than turning it upside down.
- When the sponges are cold, beat the soft cheese with the icing sugar, lemon zest and a little of the juice to loosen if it needs it. Very lightly whip the cream so that it just holds its shape, then fold into the cheese. Fold in the defrosted raspberries. Use to sandwich the sponges together, sugar-crusted on top, and serve dusted with more icing sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 608 calories, Fat 40 grams fat, SaturatedFat 23 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 58 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 38 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 8 grams protein, Sodium 0.97 milligram of sodium
LEMON POLENTA CAKE WITH LAVENDER SYRUP AND RASPBERRIES
This lush Italian dessert cake makes a bold and unusual statement with the addition of fresh lavender syrup. It is an elegant Dinner Party Dessert Cake which marries fruit & herbs together in a fresh & imaginative way! One of my "Stand By and Never Fails to Please" dinner party desserts!! Great served with just the simple addition of some creme fraiche. If you are using dried lavender flowers, please remember that they are more pungent than fresh flowers, so use sparingly! NOTE: I would be very wary of using too much lavender - it is quite a pervasive flavour, the essence of this recipe is that delicate flavours marry well with each other & are not too overpowering!
Provided by French Tart
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oven to 180 C or 360 F or Gas mark 4.
- Sift the polenta, flour, baking powder & salt into a bowl.
- Tip the yoghurt, oil, lemon zest & juice into a jug and stir to combine.
- Beat the eggs and egg whites with half the sugar until thick and creamy.
- Fold in the dry ingredients.
- Pour the batter into a greased & lined 2 pint loaf tin.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until set & a skewer comes out clean.
- Put the remaining sugar into a pan with 7 fl oz of water and the lavender heads.
- Bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes. Cool completely & then strain into a clean jug.
- Whilst the cake is still warm, prick the top and drizzle over half the syrup, saving the rest to serve with the cake later.
- TO SERVE:.
- Serve with extra syrup, raspberries, creme fraiche & a sprig of lavender.
- The normal portions I use are 2 thin slices on each plate, overlapped for effect and then a drizzle of syrup around the slices with raspberries scattered over the top and a rounded tablespoon of creme fraiche to one side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 401.2, Fat 10.9, SaturatedFat 1.8, Cholesterol 54.1, Sodium 183.9, Carbohydrate 72.8, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 50.4, Protein 5.3
LEMON POLENTA CAKE
This gluten-free, flourless citrus cake is made using polenta and ground almonds. Serve with lemon drizzle icing and creamy mascarpone for an indulgent dessert
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield Cuts into 8 slices
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Butter a 23cm cake tin and heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the lemons in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, drain, pour over more cold water, then simmer for 1 hr until the lemons are really soft, topping up with more water if you need to. Drain the lemons well. When cool, halve them, remove the pips and blitz in a food processor to a purée.
- Add all the other cake ingredients and carry on blitzing until you have a loose batter. Scrape the batter into the cake tin and bake for 40-50 mins until golden and starting to shrink away from the sides.
- While the cake bakes, make the drizzle by mixing the sugar with the lemon juice. When the cake is ready, remove from the oven and leave to cool a little. While still warm, pour over the drizzle and leave to cool completely. Serve with mascarpone.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 590 calories, Fat 31 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 69 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 51 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 10 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium
ALMOND AND LEMON POLENTA CAKE
Make and share this Almond and Lemon Polenta Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by English_Rose
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- In a large bowl and using an electric hand whisk or electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then add the ground almonds and combine.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Next, add the lemon juice and zest, polenta, baking powder and a pinch of salt.
- Spoon the mixture into a 9in round cake tin (not loose bottomed, 2in deep, lightly buttered and lined with baking parchment) and level out with the back of a spoon.
- Bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 1 hour 10 mins or until the cake is firm to the touch and a metal skewer comes out clean.If the cake appears to be browning too much towards the end of the cooking time, cover the top loosely with aluminium foil.
- When the cake is nearly ready, make a syrup by gently heating the lemon juice, zest and the sugar until the sugar has dissolved, then bubble the mixture for a couple of minutes until slightly syrupy.
- When the cake is cooked, take it out of the oven and drizzle two-thirds of the warm syrup over the top of the cake while it is still in the tin.
- Leave the cake to cool before turning out and slicing.
- Serve drizzled with a little of the extra syrup.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 407.6, Fat 26.7, SaturatedFat 10.9, Cholesterol 93.5, Sodium 174.8, Carbohydrate 42.7, Fiber 5.7, Sugar 26.3, Protein 7.2
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