The Best Polenta Orange Cake
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The Best Polenta Orange Cake
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Amazing polenta orange cake! It is soaked with syrup, sosoft, moist, and delicious! The best sweet polenta cake I have ever had!
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Ingredients
Cake:
- 150 g 1 cup medium cornmeal (5.5 oz), Note 2
- 50 g ¼ cup fine/soft semolina (1.8 oz)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel optional (Note 3)
- 3 eggs large
- 125 g ⅔ cup granulated sugar (4.5 oz)
- 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 450 g 1 ¾ cup Greek yogurt (1 lb), divided
- 100 ml scant ½ cup vegetable oil ( 3.5 fl.oz)
- 50 ml scant ¼ cup milk (1.7 fl.oz)
- icing sugar to dust
- 1 orange to decorate optional
For the orange syrup:
- the juice of 2-3 oranges about 100 ml/ 3.4 fl. oz/ scant ½ cup fresh juice
- 50 g ¼ cup sugar (1.7 oz)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
Sweet polenta cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter a casserole dish, 28x18 cm/ 11x7 inches.
- Mix the cornmeal, semolina, baking powder, and grated orange peel in a bowl. Set aside.
- Eggs: Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff and set aside. In a larger bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla sugar, or vanilla extract and 50 g/ 1.7 oz/ scant ¼ cup of the yogurt until pale and thick.
- Add the vegetable oil in a slow stream while beating all the time.
- Add the rest of the yogurt and beat for about 1 minute.
- Add the milk and mix shortly.
- Slowly add the cornmeal – semolina mixture mixing with a regular egg beater/whisk this time.
- Fold in the egg whites carefully.
- Bake: Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and bake for about 45 minutes or until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Orange syrup:
- In the meantime, make the orange syrup. Juice the oranges until you have about 100 ml/ ½ cup juice. Sieve the juice into a small pot add the sugar and the lemon juice.
- When it starts to boil, remove it immediately, you should have a relatively thin syrup.
- Poke cake: When baked, take the cake out of the oven and prick it all over with a toothpick.
- Soak cake: Pour about ¾ of the syrup all over the cake. Add a bit more around the edges, should they be drier than the rest of the cake.
- Cool completely in the dish. Cut the cake into squares, remove carefully from the baking dish and sprinkle with icing sugar. Decorate with orange wedges if you wish.
Notes
- A digital kitchen scale will give you the most precise measure ensuring the best bake possible (Amazon affiliate link).
- A digital kitchen scale will give you the most precise measure ensuring the best bake possible (Amazon affiliate link).
- Look for a sort with a short cooking time – mine needed only 10 minutes.
- From an organic, unwaxed orange.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1square
Calories
238kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
32g
(11%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
8g
Cholesterol
49mg
(16%)
Sodium
120mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
18g
(36%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 238 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1square | |
| Calories | 238kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 8g | 47% |
| Cholesterol | 49mg | 16% |
| Sodium | 120mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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