Polenta Cake | Ciao Italia

Polenta Cake | Ciao Italia

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Discover the traditional Polenta Cake from Varese, Italy—fluffy and sweet, perfect for dessert or gilding with mascarpone and strawberries. Makes one 10x4x2-inch cake.

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Ingredients

  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or rum
  • 1/2 Vanilla bean seeds, optional (Use seeds fromto a whole bean.)
  • 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 3/4 cup fine ground yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • Confectioner’s sugar to sprinkle

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