White Wine Olive Oil Polenta Cake With Lavender Syrup Food

LEMON POLENTA CAKE WITH LAVENDER SYRUP AND RASPBERRIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180 C or 360 F or Gas mark 4.
• Sift the polenta, flour, baking powder & salt into a bowl.
• Tip the yoghurt, oil, lemon zest & juice into a jug and stir to combine.
• Beat the eggs and egg whites with half the sugar until thick and creamy.
• Fold in the dry ingredients.
• Pour the batter into a greased & lined 2 pint loaf tin.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until set & a skewer comes out clean.
• Put the remaining sugar into a pan with 7 fl oz of water and the lavender heads.
• Bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes. Cool completely & then strain into a clean jug.
• Whilst the cake is still warm, prick the top and drizzle over half the syrup, saving the rest to serve with the cake later.
• TO SERVE:.
• Serve with extra syrup, raspberries, creme fraiche & a sprig of lavender.
• The normal portions I use are 2 thin slices on each plate, overlapped for effect and then a drizzle of syrup around the slices with raspberries scattered over the top and a rounded tablespoon of creme fraiche to one side.

WHITE WINE & OLIVE OIL POLENTA CAKE WITH LAVENDER SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare an 8" cake pan for baking by cutting a parchment circle for the bottom. Next spray the inside of the pan with cooking spray, add the circle and spray the top of the circle so that all parts that the cake will touch are covered with a thin layer of cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs, 1 cup sugar, and wine until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, polenta, baking powder, salt, lemon zest and rosemary until well combined. Pour in the liquid mixture and stir until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the cake pan. Bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
• While the cake is cooking, make the lavender syrup. Heat the sugar and the water together in a small saucepan. Let this come to a low boil with a minimum of stirring and cook for about 5 minutes until it thickens slightly. Set aside.
• Cool in pan 20 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake; place a cake plate on the top of the cake pan. Holding both securely, turn both over at once so that the cake is now lying on the cake plate on your counter. Remove the pan and the parchment paper.
• Take a toothpick and poke little holes all over the top of your cake. Slowly pour the syrup all over the top so that it seeps into the cake. Serve and enjoy!

GLAZED CLEMENTINE POLENTA CAKE

Steps:

• Grease with butter and lightly flour a 22cm round cake tin.
• Preheat oven to 165°C
• With a fork, mix flour, corn meal, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Using an electric mixer, whisk sugar and eggs until they are pale and their volume increases two or three times. Add zest and whisk.
• On a low to medium speed, whisk in half the flour mixture until well incorporated, then half the olive oil.
• Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the rest of the oil and the remaining flour.
• Pour into the cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes until the centre springs back to the touch.
• Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes before unmoulding.
• Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add clementine juice, stirring, until it has the consistency of thick cream. Glaze the cake.

LIBBY'S WHITE WINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Put all cake ingredients except nuts in bowl of electric mixer. Mix well on med.low for 4-5 minutes. Spray Bundt tube type pan with non-stick spray. Put nuts in pan. Pour in batter and bake 1 hour at 325 degrees. Make glaze while cake is baking. When done remove from oven and pour 1/2 of glaze over cake while still in the pan and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan. Let cool and brush remaining glaze over cake until all is absorbed.
• For glaze: Boil butter, sugar and water together for 3 minutes in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in wine. Let cool before putting on cake.

MOIST WHITE WINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour one 10 inch bundt pan.
• In medium bowl combine the cake mix, instant vanilla pudding, nutmeg, vegetable oil, white wine, and eggs.
• Beat with an electric mixer for 5 minutes.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cake cool on rack in pan for 10 minutes then remove cake from pan to rack.
• Let cake cool completely before slicing. Garnish sliced cake with a dollop of whipped cream or dust with confectioners' sugar and sliced strawberries.
• Variation: You can also "flour" the pan after it's been greased with cocoa powder or a cinnamon sugar mixture for a textured crust.