Lemon-Cornmeal Cake Recipe

RedTwizzler

Mon, May 04 2009, 10:59 pm

I came across this recipe in a magazine. Has anyone ever made something like this- with cornmeal? It sounds delicious!

Lemon-Cornmeal Cake Recipe
From Woman's Day
* Yield 20 slices
* Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Baking spray (cooking spray with flour)
2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
1⁄2 cup yellow cornmeal
2 tsp baking powder
1⁄2 tsp each baking soda and salt
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 3⁄4 cups sugar
1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
1⁄4 cup lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt, stirred to loosen

Sugar Glaze
1 cup sugar
1⁄3 cup lemon juice

PREPARATION
1. Heat oven to 325°F. You’ll need a 10-cup decorative tube pan or a 12-cup Bundt pan coated with baking spray. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and soda, and salt.
2. In a large bowl beat butter, sugar, lemon zest and juice with mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time until blended. With mixer on low, alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk until batter is smooth. Scrape into prepared pan; level top with spatula.
3. Bake 55 to 65 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, make the sugar glaze: Whisk glaze ingredients in a small bowl just until combined (sugar will not be totally dissolved). Invert cake from pan onto rack; place rack over a baking sheet. Brush glaze all over hot cake until absorbed (sugar crystals will be evident). Cool completely. Transfer cake to a serving plate and cover. Let cake rest several hours, or overnight, before serving. Store cake covered at room temperature up to 4 days. Cut into thin slices to serve.
Tip: Use lime zest and juice for a zesty alternative.

elf123

Mon, May 04 2009, 11:56 pm

I agree that it looks yummy, but with a lot of these recipes in "secular" magazines, when they call for butter it can't be substituted. I guess you could try using oil, but then you have to make pareve "buttermilk..." Of course, I'm assuming you don't want a milchig cake, not that there's anything wrong with it (I personally love milchigs baked goods!) But anyway, there's a delicious and easy lemon bundt cake in one of Susie Fishbein's cookbooks. If you're specifically looking for one with cornmeal, I guess you can try this one.