Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club ~It's a Picnic

For the month of July, the Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club has decided to have a Beach Blanket Picnic. I am in charge of dessert . . . so I found This Recipe for a light summery cake. Perfect for any picnic.

Lemon Polenta Cake

Cooking spray

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (about 5 1/2 ounces)

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup yellow cornmeal

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup reduced-fat buttermilk

1/4 cup extravirgin olive oil

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons grated lemon

 

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cake, coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with parchment paper. Coat paper with cooking spray. Set aside.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine buttermilk, oil, eggs, and rind, stirring well with a whisk. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, stirring until moist. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in the pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. 

Rather than the apple compote that this recipe called for. . . I thought fresh Strawberries would be better. I sliced them with a spoonful of sugar and some fresh mint.

Serve with a drizzle of Strawberries and Mint.

 
Now . . . let's see what everyone else has brought for our Picnic.
Jerry has a light side dish of Zucchini Ribbons with Lemon and Pecorino
Val is bringing a pitcher of  Cherry Peach Sangria
Susan is bringing Lemon Ginger Fried Chicken
Sara has the appetizers with Bruschetta of Peach Salsa and melted Brie
Shelby is bringing Farro with Cherries and Walnuts

Y'all enjoy ~
Sandi