Rosemary Polenta Cake

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Photo: Jennifer Causey
Prep Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 30 mins
Servings:
8

Ingredients

Glaze

  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

  • 1 ½ teaspoons water

  • Pinch of coarse salt

  • ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature

  • 6 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary

  • ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons quick-cooking polenta

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt

  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil

  • 5 large eggs plus 2 large egg yolks, room temperature

  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • 1 ⅓ cups granulated sugar

Directions

  1. Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 10-inch Bundt pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons rosemary and 2 tablespoons polenta; shake to coat.

  2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and remaining 3/4 cup polenta and 4 teaspoons rosemary. In another bowl, whisk together oil, eggs, yolks, and vanilla.

  3. Beat remaining 1/2 cup butter and the sugar on medium until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Slowly beat in egg mixture until just combined. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in 3 batches; beat until just combined.

  4. Pour batter into pan. Bake until golden and a toothpick comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

  5. Glaze: Whisk together all ingredients until smooth. Drizzle glaze over cake. Cut into wedges; serve.

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