South African Pink Lady Cornmeal Cake & How To Make It

South African Pink Lady Cornmeal Cake & How To Make It. Hello friends. Cake anyone? Yummy!

You must try a slice of this yummy gluten-free polenta cake made with South African apples and ground almonds – it’s moist, moreish and marvellous!

South African Pink Lady Cornmeal Cake & How To Make It:

Preparation: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 55 minutes

Serves 10

Ingredients: 

1 South African Pink Lady or Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and chopped

150g butter, at room temperature

150g caster sugar

3 large eggs, beaten

1tsp vanilla extract

150g polenta

Pinch of salt

200g ground almonds

1tsp gluten-free baking powder (most baking powder is gluten-free)

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

Topping: 

Finely shredded zest and juice of 1 lemon

40g icing sugar

1 South African Pink Lady or Granny Smith apple, cored and thinly sliced

Crème fraiche, to serve

How To Make:

1 Cook the chopped apple in a small amount of water for 5-6 minutes, until tender. Drain and cool. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin.

2 Beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy, then gradually beat in the eggs. Fold in the vanilla, polenta, salt, ground almonds and baking powder. Stir in the lemon zest, lemon juice and cooled apples.

3 Transfer the mixture to the cake tin and level the top. Bake for 40-45 minutes until set and golden. Cool for 20 minutes in the tin, then turn out carefully and cool completely. Remove the lining paper.

4 Heat the lemon zest and juice with 4tbsp water and the icing sugar. Add the apple slices and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Spoon over the cake and cool. Serve with crème fraiche.

Cook’s Tip: When grating zest from lemons, only remove the yellow part – the white pith has a bitter taste.

South African Pink Lady Cornmeal Cake & How To Make It:

This campaign is run by HORTGRO, the industry association representing South African fruit growers.
Recipe and images courtesy of South African Fruit. So what do you think? Do you fancy making this recipe? Because I do! Let us know if you also try it. 

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Firstly, New South African Apple And Pear Recipes: Six To Choose From. Today I am sharing all of the new South African apple and pear recipes with you. It’s the start of the South African apple and pear season. Particular varieties you’ll find in UK supermarkets from March until October are:

Apples: Granny Smith – Tart yet sweet taste with a firm, white and crisp flesh. Gala – Sweet flavour, yellow skin with red stripes and a firm crisp flesh. Golden Delicious – Golden yellow skin, with a delicate pink blush. Pink Lady (Cripps’ Pink) – Attractive pink colour and exquisite taste, slightly oblong in shape

Pears: Forelle – Oblong or bell-shaped with a distinctive pink blush, it has a sweet and juicy flavour. Williams – Yellow skin when ripe, with a fragrant, sweet and juicy taste. Packhams – Often unevenly shaped, green-yellow when ripe with a soft textured flesh Fruit farming has played a vital role in the development of South Africa in the last 20 years. New South African Apple And Pear Recipes: Six To Choose From. So many good ideas.

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Secondly, how about this for a simple, sensational dessert? Pink Lady and Golden Delicious apples, cored and scored around their middles, then filled with dried fruits, orange zest and ground almonds – baked until soft. Anyone for ice cream on the side? Pink and Delicious South African Baked Apples. So healthy.

Peach And Thyme Filo Tarte Tatin. Thirdly, I am sharing a  recipe created by Nicola Millbank. (Using South African peaches, available in UK supermarkets until the end of April). The flavour and quality of peaches from South Africa are exceptional due to the country’s sunshine, ideal climate and near-perfect growing conditions. South African fruit is also an ethical choice because of its role in developing the country in the last 20 years. South African Peach And Thyme Filo Tarte Tatin. So tasty.

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