Gluten free polenta orange syrup cake - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Cake 2 , Orange , Orange syrup

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1

Preheat the oven to 170°C (150°C, gas mark 3). Line a 20cm (8 in) round cake tin with non-stick baking paper.
2
Whisk the eggs and sugar until thick and mousse-like. Beat in the melted butter and orange juice.

For this step you'll need:
- 3 Egg(s) (free range)
- 110g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 110g Butter (unsalted) melted
3
Add the polenta and baking powder, followed by the orange zest, salt, poppy seeds and vanilla, beating well.

For this step you'll need:
- 225g Polenta
- 1 tbsp Baking powder gluten free
- pinch Salt
- 50g Poppy seeds
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
4

Pour into the prepared tin. Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden.
5
While the cake is cooking make the syrup – put all the syrup ingredients into a pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved completely. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.

For this step you'll need:
- 140g Unrefined golden caster sugar
6

Remove the cake from the oven and make holes in it with a skewer. Pour over the hot syrup and leave to cool. Serve as it is or top with icing and orange and lemon slices.

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