Cornmeal Pound Cake

photo by Izy Hossack





- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup butter, softened
- 2 2⁄3 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1⁄4 cups sifted cake flour
- 1⁄3 cup yellow cornmeal
- additional powdered sugar, for garnish
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Generously grease and flour an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 loaf pan and set aside.
- Place butter and the 2 2/3 cups of powdered sugar in a large bowl.
- Beat until creamy.
- Beat in vanilla; then add eggs and egg yolk one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Mix the sifted cake flour with the cornmeal, then add to the egg mixture in three portions, beating well after each addition.
- Spoon batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
- bake in 325F oven for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean and cake springs back when lightly touched in center.
- Cool cake in pan for 3 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack and sift powdered sugar over warm cake.
- Cool completely, and cut into thin slices to serve.
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Reviews
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Didn't come out at all. i needed a base cake for a birthday and planned to fill it in with strawberry and pastry cream. The recipe says to bake 1 hour 15 min. i put it on the timer, and after 45 minute it started to smell burnt, i took it out of the oven, the crust and the bottom was rock hard and over cooked and the middle was sticky and buttery - in fact it was all too buttery, like butter cookies... i actually had to throw it away and make another cake for the base, and used a plain sponge cake which came out just fine. perhaps its my oven, but i will not try this one again.
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This is a very forgiving recipe. I totally screwed up because I grabbed my 1/2 c. measuring cup thinking that it was a 1/3rd cup measuring cup so I put in 3 cups of sifted powdered sugar instead of 2 and 2/3cup! And then I wondered why I couldn't get the butter and powdered sugar to cream! So I took some of the mixture out and then I added extra butter,etc. etc. And the cake still turned out delicious. The chef recommends serving it with strawberries and whipped cream but I am bringing it to an event so I can't do that. Instead, I glazed it with a honey glaze made from 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar, 1 T. honey and about 2 T. milk (enough to get the correct consistency). Wow! That really sent the cake over the top. I made this recipe for the Bargain Basement tag game. It was a sleeper recipe. I hope others will try it now.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ClareVH
United States