Recipe: Almond Polenta Cake
[1]Summary: Gritty, chewy, rustic yet elegant cake has a light, sweet, nutty top crust. It’s lovely as dessert with whipped cream and berries, or for breakfast with lemon curd.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature, + 1 tablespoon for greasing the pan (I used Kerrygold unsalted butter)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons polenta, fine to medium grind (or cornmeal) + 2 teaspoons for dusting pan
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, not packed
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 3 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons flour
- Topping: 1 heaping tablespoon coarse sugar crystals
- Topping: ¼ cup slivered, dry toasted almonds
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 375F degrees. Use 1 tablespoon butter to grease a 9-inch removable-bottom tart pan; dust with 2 teaspoons cornmeal.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light in color and fluffy, 1 ½-2 minutes. Scrape the bowl and add the eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Mix in almond extract, vanilla, baking powder and salt.
- Mix in flour and remaining corn meal until combined.
- Using an offset spatula, spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the coarse sugar and slivered almonds evenly on top.
- Bake for 20-24 minutes. Remove from the oven and set on a rack to cool. When cool, remove outer ring and place cake on a serving plate.
- Serves 12.
Source
Adapted from a recipe by pastry chef Kimberly Sklar of Literati II, a Los Angeles restaurant, and printed in the Los Angeles Times [2]. At the restaurant, Sklar served her cake with almond and cherry swirl ice cream.
Variations
Add some grated orange zest or tangerine zest to the cake for a deepened flavor component.
SundaySupper
[3]Here’s a list of all the recipes [4] I have brought to our #SundaySupper [5] virtual meals so far. Browse through them…lots of good ideas in here!
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 12
Culinary tradition: Italian
My rating
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