This is a moist, and wonderfully flavorful cake with delightful hints of orange, ginger and clove. It's perfect served warm, topped with the honey glaze, or with fresh fruit and whipped cream. This is a Gluten-Free cake that is so good, it almost melts in your mouth!
Ingredients:
For The Cake -
1 cup Fine Ground polenta (or Fine Ground cornmeal)
3 cups Fine Ground almond flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp Ginger Root Powder
1 tsp True Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Clove Powder
1/2 tsp salt
Zest from one orange
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
3 eggs, room temperature
2/3 cup orange juice
For The Glaze - Heat the following ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until fully blended and hot (do not boil):
1/2 cup Orange Juice
4 Tblspns Springtime Honey
1/2 tsp Orange Extract
1/2 tsp Ginger Root Powder
1/8 tsp Clove powder
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 inch square baking pan with cooking spray. With a hand-held mixer, blend together the butter, sugar, orange zest, and orange extract. Mix well, until it is a pale yellow color. Fold in the orange juice, and then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg is added. In a separate bowl, combine the polenta, almond flour, baking powder, spices, and salt. Add the dry ingredients mixture to the butter mixture, in 3 separate batches, mixing after each addition. Pour the combined batter in the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Poke a few holes into the top of the warm cake and pour the warmed glaze over the top of the cake.
