Happy 100 and a Revisit

Saturday 26 January 2013


I realised the other day that I was about to hit 100 posts on this blog.  This happy event coincided nicely with the fact that I’d just made the cake from my first ever blog post.  Although I cringe to look back at that post now I thought it was appropriate to revisit that cake because it really is a good cake and shouldn’t be languishing back there in obscurity.  At one time this cake was almost a weekly staple, especially through the winter months when citrus is at its best.  The cake is very moist and pretty dense.  The texture is almost pudding like.  Perfect with ice cream or my old favourite natural yoghurt.  For this version I used prunes rather than apricots because that’s what I had on hand.  I think they lend more moisture to the cake. 
 
My sister gave me the recipe and we have adapted it quite a bit.  I hunted around to find the original which is from Christine Bailey. 
Orange Polenta Cake
Zest of 2 oranges
Then peel and cut those oranges in to chunks
5oz dried prunes or apricots (or 7oz if not using the cranberries)
2oz dried cranberries
100g (4 ½ oz) butter
3 eggs
2 tbsp honey
35g (1 ½ oz) tapioca flour
50g (2 oz) brown rice flour
75g (3 oz) polenta
60g (2 ½ oz) ground almonds
2 tsp gluten free baking powder
Directions:
Grease and line a 9inch round cake tin with baking paper. Preheat Oven to Gas Mark 5, 190°C, 375°F.
In a food processor or blender mix together the orange zest, oranges, apricots, cranberries, butter, eggs and honey. You can do this by adding one ingredient at a time depending on how good your machine is. The end result should be a puree like consistency.
In a separate bowl mix the flours, polenta, almonds and baking powder together. Then beat in the puree.
Once well combined pour in to your cake tin and bake for approx 40-45 minutes until a skewer inserted in to the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the cake tin for about ten minutes then turn the cake out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
 

4 comments:

  1. HAPPY 100 POSTS! Cake looks like an awesome way to celebrate :) (although, any celebration is an excuse for cake eh?)

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  2. Happy 100th post! And hooray for cake--this one looks perfect for just such a celebration, with plenty of tea besides. :)

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  3. Congrats on 100 posts! It was a good idea to revisit the cake because it looks absolutely delicious and sounds perfect for the winter!

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  4. Thanks everyone! I never need much of an excuse to celebrate with cake :) and thanks for all your comments.

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