A week ago I found an interesting recipe and immediately thought it would be perfect for the upcoming Easter holiday. It’s a very yellowy, lemony and texturized cake that goes well with fresh strawberries and a cup of afternoon tea. Polenta gives it not only the bright coluor but also an unusual slightly crunchy feel. And lemon … lemon, lemon – I love you dearly! Lemon makes it all nice and fresh.
Happy Easter!
Recipe source: Hamlyn all colour cookbook Delicious Desserts
Lemon Polenta Cake
You will need:
125 g plain flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
125 g polenta
3 eggs
2 egg whites
175 g caster sugar
grated rind and juice of 2 small lemons (1 large lemon is also enough)
100 ml sunflower oil
150 ml buttermilk
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 180 ℃.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the polenta. Whisk the eggs, egg whites and sugar together for 4 minutes. Stir in the polenta mixture; add the lemon rind and juice, oil and the buttermilk; combine well until smooth.
Pour the batter into a baking-paper lined 25 cm cake tin. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Transfer the cake to a wire rack to let it cool.
Serve with fresh strawberries and your favourite tea 🙂
This really does look lovely and well worth trying. I found your blog by chance but will be back often. I really like what you are doing here. Have a great day…Mary
Wow, you’ve done an amazing job on this. It looks absolutely delicious!
Hope you have a wonderful easter weekend.
*kisses* HH
Thank you lovely HH 🙂 hope your Easter holiday was sunny & yummy !! Xx
Looks good with the strawberries 😀
So simple and elegant… I must try this one, I’ve been wanting to try a polenta cake… Can you believe I’ve not made on before?! …shock…horror… LOL! ;o) Hope you had a great holiday weekend, Jo ((HUGS))
Tracy – off you go and bake one polenta cake or two :))))) xx
Just beautiful. I feel inspired. Thank goodness the cake dome is empty.
This recipe looks delicious! I just had polenta cake (with peach compote, at a restaurant) for the first time yesterday and loved it, but the cake was missing something–everyone around the table thought lemon would be the perfect addition, so I’m definitely going to try your recipe! Your pictures are gorgeous, by the way–bright and crisp. What kind of camera do you have?
thanks for stopping by squirrel bread! looks like a moist cake with a tender crumb. would be perfect with a light honey or maple syrup drizzle, i think!
cheers,
*heather*
Lemons! Your cake look wonderful, they might be just what I need to brighten up my week-end!