For the cake –
You need-
- Unsalted butter – 200 grams soft + extra for greasing
- Caster sugar – 200 grams
- Ground almonds – 200 grams
- Polenta – 100 grams fine
- Baking powder – 1 ½ teaspoons
- eggs – 3 nos
- Orange juice – 20 mls
- Orange zest – ½ teaspoon
How to-
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a non-stick spring form cake tin lined with a parchment paper. Set aside.
In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one by one, mixing continuously.
Once the eggs are fully mixed in, add the polenta, ground almonds and baking powder and mix again.
Once combined, add the zest, juice and continue to blend until fully combined. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, or when wooden skewer inserted in the middle of the cake, comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely.
You can decorate the cake with fresh fruits or the frosting of your choice. I have used Coconut cream cheese frosting.
Cream cheese frosting –
You need
- Unsalted butter (softened) – 1/4 cup
- Cream cheese (softened) – 4 ounces
- Icing sugar – 2 cupsÂ
- Desiccated coconut – 1/2 cup
- Vanilla extract – 1/2 teaspoon
How to –
Blend butter and cream cheese till smooth and light.
Add icing sugar slowly. Add vanilla. Fold in desiccated coconut.
Spread on cooled cake.
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Wow Rekha,the orange version of the cake looks really yummy love the twist :).I too have some polenta set aside since long for the lemon cake and 2 lemons too.Just the drive to bake it is missing I guess that part is fueled now :)).
Wow.. cake looks super moist and perfectly baked.. Love each one of your click..
I was actually waiting for a while to see this recipe, after seeing the 'Coming up Next' in FB 🙂 Loved this one to the core… Bookmarked 🙂
Rekha, nicely done with perfect frosting.
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I sincerely admire your baking skills and just love everything outcome of it. Baking is not for everyone and definitely I am not in the category. This flourless with the taste and fragrant of orange is too good to resist. Just adore how it turned out as the finale.
lovely cheesecake…..
Thank you Meena..:-) I have some more left. planning muffins next week 😉
Thank you Nithya 🙂
Thank you So much Chitz 🙂 I can't wait to do the write-up and recipe most of the times, so u see the pic on FB first ;-).
Waiting to hear from you on how the cake turns out!
Thank you Sabeena 🙂
Thank you Veena 🙂
Thank you soo much Nava… You made my day ..:-))))
Thankz Sush 🙂
The cake looks divine Rekha.. Loved the use of ground almonds instead of flour.. Amazing clicks dear 🙂
beautiful presentation rekha.. i have not yet tried orange cake.. will try it soon..
this looks scrumptious! using polenta is a clever idea, I must give this a try:-) send my birthday wishes to your MIL too, Rekha 🙂
looks lovely & delicious…mouthwatering!
Looks tempting, lovely clicks.
the cake looks really awesome rekha… how come i missed to see this??? I love the flavor of orange in cakes, gives a nice kick to it… wish could take that off the screen…
Thank you Nilu 🙂
Thank you PT 🙂
Thank you Jehanne 🙂
Such a pretty cake Rekha…have never tried polenta before..thanks for sharing the recipe
Hey thank you soo much for dropping by and for the comment 🙂
Thank you Rafee..:-)
Thank you Ladies 🙂