ORANGE POLENTA CAKE
1 cup flour
¾ cup polenta [coarse corn flour]
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 tablespoons orange zest
1 cup fresh orange juice
3 eggs
1 tablespoon baking powder
_ line the base of a round cake tin with baking parchment and butter the sides
_ preheat oven to 180°C
_ combine flour, polenta and baking powder
_ cream butter, oil and sugar together [put 4 tablespoons sugar to the side for later]
_ add one egg at a time [mix until light and fluffy]
_ mix in dry ingredients
_ add orange zest, vanilla essence and half a cup orange juice
[batter will be rather runny - the polenta will make up for it when baking]
_ transfer to the baking tin and bake for about 35 minutes
_ heat remaining juice with the 4 tablespoons sugar [simmer for 5 minutes]
_ remove cake from the oven
_ drizzle the orange glaze over the top of the still warm cake
ORANGEN-POLENTA-KUCHEN
128 g Mehl
120 g Polenta
200 g Zucker
4 Esslöffel Butter
60 ml Pflanzenöl
1 Teelöffel Vanilleessenz
2 Esslöffel Orangenschale
250 ml frischer Orangensaft
3 Eier
1 Esslöffel Backpulver