Lemon and lime polenta cake

This is perfect to serve with coffee or as a dessert, buttery and very moist, it has an interesting grainy texture from the ground almonds and polenta.

Serves: 12

Time to make: 35 mins

Hands-on time: 10 mins

Ingredients

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150g reduced-fat spread

150g soft brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX

3 eggs

¾ cup polenta

¾ cup self-raising flour

2 tablespoons ground almonds

2 lemons, zest and juice

1 lime, zest

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Instructions

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1 Lightly grease a 26cm-round springform cake tin and line base with baking paper. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2 Cream spread and sugar together. Beat in eggs. Fold in polenta, flour and almonds with lemon and lime zest and one-quarter of the lemon juice.

3 Spoon into prepared tin and cook for 25 minutes or until firm to touch. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

4 Prick sponge surface all over with a fork. Sprinkle with two-thirds of the remaining lemon juice and leave for 5 minutes for juice to be absorbed. Cut to serve.

Serving suggestion

Serve with a dusting of icing sugar and a spoonful of low-fat plain yoghurt.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Use a gluten-free flour such as rice flour and gluten-free baking powder.

HFG tip

Save the remaining lemon juice for a dressing or to flavour chilled water.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 182 cal

Kilojoules 760 kJ

Protein 4 g

Total fat 10 g

Saturated fat 2 g

Carbohydrates 25 g

Sugar 13 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 100 mg

Calcium 40 mg

Iron 0.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

First published: Oct 2011

One comment on Lemon and lime polenta cake

Marianne Palmer September 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm #

I made this cake this morning as my new little lime tree has produced several limes. The cake is delicious. I love, it, my husband loves it and I’m going to share a few slices with my neighbour too. I think semolina could be used if polenta wasn’t on hand. Marianne (Nelson).

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