Apple Polenta Cake with Walnut Oil Recipe

Apple Polenta Cake with Walnut Oil Recipe

How To Make Apple Polenta Cake with Walnut Oil

Sweet apples, tangy lemon, and citrusy orange adds a fruity medley of flavors and bite to this decadently soft and moist apple polenta cake!

Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total: 1 hour 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

  • ½tbspbutter
  • ½cuppolenta,or yellow cornmeal
  • 1cupall-purpose flour
  • 1cupbread crumbs
  • ¼cupsugar
  • 1cupmilk
  • 1egg,extra-large
  • 2tbsphoney
  • 3tbspwalnut oil
  • ¼cupdried fruit,chopped
  • ½lbapples,Gala, Fuji, or Pink Lady
  • ½tspground cinnamon
  • 1tbsporange zest,(from 1 orange), grated
  • 2tbsplemon zest,(from 1 lemon), grated
  • ¼cupwalnuts,chopped
  • ½tspsalt
  • powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. With softened butter, grease a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.

  2. In a large bowl, combine polenta, flour, bread crumbs, and sugar. In another bowl, combine milk, egg, 2 tablespoons of honey, and walnut oil.

  3. Add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients; mix well with a spoon. Fold in the dried fruit, apples, cinnamon, orange zest, lemon zest, chopped walnuts, and salt; stir.

  4. Pour the mixture into prepared tart pan, then place on a baking sheet .

  5. Bake for 50 minutes, until golden brown and firm. After 25 minutes, check on cake; it may need to be covered with foil if it is getting too brown.

  6. Remove from oven, cool slightly, then dust with powdered sugar.

  7. Drizzle slices with honey, add a sprinkling of whole walnuts, then serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

  • Calories: 299.74kcal
  • Fat: 8.54g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.89g
  • Trans Fat: 0.03g
  • Monounsaturated Fat: 2.01g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.93g
  • Carbohydrates: 50.61g
  • Fiber: 2.85g
  • Sugar: 19.76g
  • Protein: 6.09g
  • Cholesterol: 24.95mg
  • Sodium: 267.08mg
  • Calcium: 73.58mg
  • Potassium: 193.29mg
  • Iron: 1.89mg
  • Vitamin A: 36.26µg
  • Vitamin C: 4.53mg
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