Blackberry Honey & Blood Orange Polenta Cake
Golden, moist, and bursting with flavour, this polenta cake is naturally sweetened with fruity Blackberry Honey and zesty blood orange. Every bite is warm and deep, with a tender, textured crumb from the polenta. Simple and wholesome, it's the kind of cake that tastes as good with your morning coffee as it does after dinner.
Ingredients
- 200 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature, plus extra for greasing)
- 1/3 cup Bee Fruity Blackberry Honey
- 3 large free-range eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 200 grams almond meal
- 120 grams coarse polenta
- 2 blood oranges (zested)
- 1 tsp baking powder
Syrup
- 250 ml blood orange juice (from 3–4 oranges)
- 1/4 cup Bee Fruity Blackberry Honey (for syrup)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C. Grease a 20cm springform tin, line the bottom and sides with baking paper, and grease again.
- Beat the butter and honey in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in the eggs one by one, then stir in the vanilla essence.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond meal, polenta, orange zest, and baking powder. Fold into the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean and the edges pull away slightly from the sides.
- While the cake bakes, combine the blood orange juice and honey in a saucepan. Simmer over medium-low heat for 8–10 minutes until slightly reduced and syrupy.
- Remove the cake from the oven and leave it in the tin. Prick the top all over with a skewer. Pour the warm syrup evenly over the cake. Allow the cake to cool completely in the tin so it fully absorbs the syrup.
- Remove the cake from the tin, slice, and serve with crème fraîche or yogurt and an extra drizzle of honey.
Nutrition
Calories: 493 kcalCarbohydrates: 42 gProtein: 9 gFat: 34 gSaturated Fat: 14 gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1 gMonounsaturated Fat: 6 gTrans Fat: 1 gCholesterol: 115 mgSodium: 81 mgPotassium: 134 mgFiber: 3 gSugar: 24 gVitamin A: 819 IUVitamin C: 18 mgCalcium: 104 mgIron: 2 mg
FEATURED
Bee Fruity Blackberry Honey Jar 350g
Blackberry Honey is a light amber to pale amber coloured honey that has aromas of citrus and lovely fruity berry flavours. It is slightly sweet with no aftertaste.