Little Almond, Polenta & Orange Cakes

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    715
based on 2 ratings

Gluten-free almond and polenta cakes, delicately flavoured with orange zest and honey. Sprinkles of chopped pistachios add the finishing touch. (Gluten-Free)

recipe updated Oct 14, 2020

Ingredients

  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    200 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    200 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    3
  • Polenta icon
    Polenta
    100 g
  • Ground almonds icon
    Ground almonds
    200 g
  • Gluten-free baking powder icon
    Gluten-free baking powder
    1 teaspoon
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    2
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    as needed
  • Pistachios icon
    Pistachios
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Zester
  • kCook icon Jumbo muffin pan - 6 hole
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 170°C
  2. Prepare a clean jumbo muffin pan
  3. Add salted butter and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  4. Cream until light and fluffy
  5. Add egg to the large mixing bowl one by one
  6. Add polenta, ground almonds and gluten-free baking powder to the large mixing bowl
  7. Add orange to the large mixing bowl
  8. Mix gently until combined
  9. Add orange to the jumbo muffin pan
  10. Transfer batter to jumbo muffin pan
  11. Bake until skewer tests clean - 25 min, 170°C
  12. Let cool - 5 min
  13. Turn out onto cooling rack
  14. Drizzle with honey
  15. Garnish with pistachios
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