Life is short ~seize your joy.
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."
So now on to the polenta... which we have discovered is really a fine yellow cornmeal. Italians use it in baking, but also in a creamy grits-like dish. Isn't that funny?
It does make a yummy torta.
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup polenta
1 tsp salt
4 large eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup olive oil
A lemon, lime & orange
2 cups confectioner's sugar for the glaze
Preheat oven to 325°
Zest the fruits and set aside, combine dry ingredients and set aside, grease and flour a spring form pan. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and granulated sugar until they have tripled in volume. Beat in the zests. Alternate adding dry ingredients and oil. Pour the batter into the springform pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes until cake pulls away from the sides. Cool for 15 minutes before removing the sides of the springform pan.
While the cake is cooling make the citrus glaze. combine 2 cups confectioner's sugar and 1 tablespoon of juice from each of the zested fruits. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle over the polenta cake.
This is an interesting cake~ almost like a sweet cornbread. Very Dolce Italiano!
buon appetito y'all~
Sandi
8 comments:
Oh it looks good! I've never used polenta, but this may change that!
A fine looking cake Sandi!
It is true, you southerners know your way around corn bread!
Mari~ it gives the cake an interesting texture
Jerry~ I would never eat my cornbread this sweet... I guess that is why it is a cake!
Mmmmmm..I've only had polenta savory! I will have to try this torta!
Thanks!
Yummm!
Love cornmeal and in a fancy tort all the better.
Thanks for all the tasty recipes you share with us all.
Pat~ I like savory polenta too. This is nice for a change.
Pearl~ If you like cornmeal, then you will like polenta.
loooks so yummy..and those lemon peels around the edge just really say "southern sunshine"
Being a cake lover, I must try making one using cornmeal. I am with you though, I eat my cornbread without sugar. But cake that is another story!
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