Recipe

Lemon Polenta Cake

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Time1 hr 30 min
Yield900 g
Energy5 kcal
Components0
Contents

Ingredients

  • cake
  • 185gsugar, caster
  • 185gbutter
  • 185galmond, ground
  • 95gpolenta, fine
  • 1.25tspbaking powder
  • 3largeegg
  • 2tsplemon zest≈ 0.615 whole lemon zest
  • syrup
  • 60glemon juice
  • 100gsugar, icing

Instructions

Process

  1. Cake
    1. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and whipped
    2. Mix together the almonds, polenta, baking powder
    3. Gradually add, alternating, the dry mix and eggs to the butter-sugar mix, beating continuously.
    4. Beat in the lemon zest
    5. Into a loaf tin
    6. Bake for 40 minutes at 180C - until a knife comes out cleanish, but the cake might still be a bit wobbly
  2. Syrup
    1. Boil together the lemon juice and icing sugar until the sugar is dissolved
    2. Prick the top of the cake all over, pour over the warm syrup in batches - allowing soakage time between batches

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories54276
Protein0.170.2
Carbohydrates0.4376.1
Total Sugars0.3295.2
Free Sugars0.3285.8
Fat0.3272.6
Saturated Fat0.1109.3
Fibre0.021.6
Alcohol0.00.0
Salt0.00.7
Iron0.013412.1
Calcium0.686618
Vitamin B120.006025.41
Omega 300
Magnesium0.581523
Potassium1.891700
Caffeine00
Cost£0.01£6.07