| Apple polenta cake |
Cuisine: Italian
Author: Maria Kalenska
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- 1 kg firm apples
- 150 g polenta
- 60 g wheat flour
- 200 g butter, plus extra for greasing
- 150 g sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 4 eggs
- zest juice of 1 lemon
Cooking method
- Heat the oven to 180°C. Cream together the butter and sugar until white. Add 1 egg to the mixture, without stopping stirring. Add lemon juice and zest, and mix well.
- In a bowl, combine flour, polenta, and baking powder. Add to egg mixture. Whisk until the dough is smooth.
- Peel the apples and thinly slice them. Add apples to the dough
- Butter the baking dish. Transfer the cake mixture to the baking dish. Bake for 40 minutes. If the cake starts to burn on top, you can cover it with foil and remove it a few minutes before the end.
My tips and tricks
It's easy to fall in love with this cake: it's simple and delicious! So that you don't get bored of doing the same thing, try different versions of it: replace half of the apples with raisins; or instead of the zest and juice of a whole lemon, take half and mix with the zest and juice of half an orange; for the winter version, take quince sprinkled with cinnamon and dried cranberries; and in summer add hard peaches and rosemary. And when you want to be reminded of our Italian trip, make a cake without apples and while it is still warm, open a bottle of Disaronno Amaretto and pour it over the cake (about 50 ml is needed for one cake).
Maria Kalenska Gastronomy Blog | http://www.myodessacuisine.com/recipes/apple-polenta-cake/