Ingredients
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125 g fine cornmeal
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100 g almondsground
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150 g plain flour
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2 tsp Baking Powder
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1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
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1/2 tsp Salt
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1 finely grated orange zest3 small oranges
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130 g Caster Sugar
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80 ml Oil
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60 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
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120 ml Milk
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120 g yogurt
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1 tsp orange blossom extract
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4 figsfinely sliced
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Orange Syrup:
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2 tbsp honeysweetener of your choice
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1 tsp orange blossom extract
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30 ml fresh orange juice
Directions
I just can’t get enough of fresh figs! This is such a super light and delicious polenta cake that uses these gorgeous seasonal figs combined with honey and orange blossom and the result is just figyyliciously good!
How to Make Fresh Figs & Orange Polenta Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180C and grease your skillet with butter or oil
- Remove the stems from the figs and slice evenly into rounds and arrange on the base of the skillet
- In a large bowl, combine well the cornmeal, ground almonds, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt
- Add the orange zest, sugar, oil, orange juice, milk, yogurt and orange blossom extract and whisk well until lump free
- Pour the batter over the figs in the skillet
- Bake for 30-40 mins until a skewer comes out clean
- Let the cake rest on a cooling rack for 5-10 mins and then carefully turn upside down.
- Meanwhile make the syrup by whisking the ingredients together, try it for sweetness – I don’t like cakes that are too sweet but add a little extra sweetness if you prefer. Drizzle the orange syrup over the cake whilst it is still warm
