Cornmeal Strawberry Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a small bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form; refrigerate, covered, until serving., In a large bowl, whisk cornmeal, flour, baking powder, cardamom and salt. In another bowl, mix milk, ricotta cheese, orange juice, honey and extract until blended. Add to cornmeal mixture; stir just until moistened. With clean beaters, beat egg whites on high speed until stiff but not dry; fold into batter., Heat a griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium heat; grease with butter. Filling a 1/4-cup measure halfway with batter, pour batter onto griddle or skillet. Cook until edges begin to dry and bottoms are golden brown. Turn; cook until second side is golden brown. Cool pancakes slightly. , In a bowl, toss strawberries with sugar. For each serving, stack three pancakes, layering each pancake with strawberries and whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush bottom and sides of a 9-inch spring-form pan with oil. Line bottom with a parchment round; oil parchment. In a large bowl, whisk together oil, eggs, 1 cup sugar, orange zest and juice, and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together coconut, flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into egg mixture just to combine.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Bake until cake pulls away from sides and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 20 minutes. Run a knife between cake and sides of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan; let cool completely. Serve with strawberries and whipped cream.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees, and grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan. (Or grease and line it with parchment.)
• In a big bowl, add the sugar, and grate the zest from the orange, lemon or lime into the bowl. If you need a little aromatherapy, work the zest into the sugar with your fingers. (This technique is supposed to infuse the citrus into the sugar.)
• Add the fat, eggs, and yogurt to the bowl, along with the extract and nutmeg, if you like.
• Whisk in the salt, baking soda, baking powder and cornmeal. Once smooth, whisk in flour.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Let it (mostly) cool in the pan. Then slice off a thick piece, butter it and let yourself be soothed.