Almond Polenta Cake

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Sometimes treating ourselves is healthy! I recently made this almond polenta cake and it was a hit. The addition of polenta instead of the usual wheat flour is a nice change and the almond flavour adds such a nice touch. What a wonderful way to spend the holidays!

Almond Polenta Cake

This wonderful recipe uses some polenta instead of wheat flour. The addition of a little extra almond extract makes it a heavenly almond flavor.

Serves 10-12

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup softened butter
  • 1 cup browned sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup stone ground polenta
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup almond milk/soy milk
  • 1 tsp powdered sugar and slivered almonds for glaze

Instructions

  1. Butter cake pan (especially nice in a bundt cake pan)
  2. Mix butter and sugar until smooth
  3. Mix eggs, almond extract, and zest
  4. Add flour, polenta, backing powder, and salt.
  5. Add milk and mix until smooth
  6. Scape batter into pan and bake about 40 min or until a fork comes out clean
  7. For the glaze: mix powdered sugar with a little water. Pour mixture on top of cake and garnish with slivered almonds

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