Chocolate And Cherry Polenta Cake
From juels 16 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 10
This unusual cake has a very nutty flavor. It's a bitter-sweet cake with a dense texture, so add more sugar if you like it sweeter.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup quick-cook polenta, or yellow cornmeal shopping list
- 7 oz. semi-sweet chocolate (use sweet chocolate if you prefer a sweeter taste) shopping list
- 5 eggs, separated shopping list
- 3/4 cup superfine sugar shopping list
- 1 cup ground almonds shopping list
- 4 tbsp. flour shopping list
- grated rind of 1 orange, or 1 tbsp. dried orange rind (availiable in the spice section) shopping list
- 1 small jar marachino cherries, drained and halved shopping list
- confectioners sugar for dusting shopping list
How to make it
- Place polenta or yellow cornmeal in a bowl and pour over just enough boiling water to cover it, about 1/2 cup. Stir well, then cover the bowl and let it stand for about 20 minutes, or until polenta has absorbed all the excess moisture.
- Line the base of a 8-1/2 inch round springform pan with a greased parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Break the chocolate into squares and melt it in a heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (water bath).
- Whisk the egg yolks with sugar in another bowl, until thick and pale. Beat in the melted chocolate, then fold in polenta, ground almonds, flour and orange rind.
- In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff. Stir 1 tbsp. of the stiff egg whites into the chocolate mixture, then fold in the rest. Fold in the cherries.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and bake at 375F for 45-55 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Cool on a wire rack. Remove from pan and dust with powdered sugar. Serve with coffee or tea.
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What a unique cake idea, Juels! Come on, just write a cookbook for us...I'll be the first to order 20 copies for friends and family!! I just love your posts - they are always sure to be interesting and different!
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I like all the combinations, sounds wonderful!
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omg juesl this sounds really heavenly sure is different but i like it
thank you
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