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Romanian sweet polenta cake or malai dulce soaked with orange syrup: so soft, so moist, so delicious! Definitely the best polenta dessert I have ever had!

Orange Polenta Cake – Malai Dulce

150 g/ 5.3 oz/ 1 cup medium cornmeal/polenta (See note 1)

g/ 1.8 oz/ ¼ cup fine (soft) semolina

baking powder

orange

eggs (medium Germany, large US)

g/ sugar

vanilla sugar vanilla

450 g/ 1 lb/ 1 ¾ cup Greek yogurt, divided

ml/ 3.4 fl.oz/ scant ½ cup vegetable oil

ml/ 1.7 fl.oz/ scant ¼ cup milk

icing sugar

orange to decorate, optional

For the orange syrup:

g/ granulated sugar

lemon juice

Orange Polenta Cake – Malai dulce

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350...

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter a casserole dish, 28x18 cm/ 11x7 inches.

Mix the cornmeal, semolina, baking powder, and grated...

Mix the cornmeal, semolina, baking powder, and grated orange peel in a bowl. Set aside.

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until...

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff and set aside.

In a larger bowl beat the egg yolks,...

In a larger bowl beat the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla sugar or vanilla extract, and 50 g/ 1.7 oz/ scant ¼ cup of the yogurt until pale and thick.

Add the vegetable oil in a slow stream...

Add the vegetable oil in a slow stream while beating all the time.

Add the rest of the yogurt and beat...

Add the rest of the yogurt and beat for about 1 minute.

Add the milk and mix shortly.

Slowly add the cornmeal – semolina mixture mixing...

Slowly add the cornmeal – semolina mixture mixing with a regular egg beater/whisk this time.

Fold in the egg whites carefully.

Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and...

Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and bake for about 45 minutes or until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

In the meantime make the orange syrup.

Juice the oranges until you have about 100...

Juice the oranges until you have about 100 ml/ ½ cup juice. Sieve the juice into a small pot, add the sugar and the lemon juice.

When it starts to boil, remove immediately, you...

When it starts to boil, remove immediately, you should have a rather thin syrup.

When the cake is baked, take it out...

When the cake is baked, take it out of the oven and prick it all over with a toothpick.

Pour about ¾ of the syrup all over...

Pour about ¾ of the syrup all over the cake and let the cake cool completely in the dish. I only needed about 75 ml/ 2.5 oz/ 1/3 cup to soak the cake. Measure this quantity first, use it and take more only if you find it necessary, you might like to add a bit more around the edges, should they be drier than the rest of the cake.

When cool, cut the cake into squares, remove...

When cool, cut the cake into squares, remove carefully from the baking dish and sprinkle with icing sugar. Decorate with orange wedges if you wish.

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Lemon cornmeal cake is an Italian classic. This is the best polenta cake recipe I have ever tasted.

Lemon Polenta Cake (Gluten-free)

butter ((softened))

sugar

almonds

cornmeal (polenta)

eggs

lemon zest

Preheate

Prepare

Line base of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease sides with butter.

Combine

Combine almonds, cornmeal and baking powder in a bowl and set aside.

Beat

In another bowl beat butter and superfine sugar until pale (I used a hand mixer).

To the butter/sugar mixture add some of the almond/cornmeal mixture, followed by 1 egg, and continue to beat.

Alternately add the almond/cornmeal mixture followed by an egg until it is all incorporated, beating the whole time.

Place

Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes.

Test

Test using a cake tester, the cake will be done, but might seem a bit "wobbly", the cake should be shrinking away from the side of the pan.

Remove

Remove and set on a wire rack (leave the cake in the pan).

Make

Make your simple syrup by combining the lemon juice and icing sugar in a small saucepan.

Boil

Bring to a boil and cook until all the sugar is dissolved.

Poke

Prick the top of the cake all over with a cake tester.

Pour

Cool

Let cool completely before removing from tin.

Slice

Slice, and if desired garnish with powdered icing sugar and berries.

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Bright and bold, this Lemon Polenta Cake is bursting with lemon in flavour. Gluten-free friendly too.

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