Orange Cornmeal Cake - Gluten Free
 
 
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Ingredients
  • Olive oil- ½ cup
  • Eggs- 2 large, at room temperature
  • Sugar- 1 cup
  • Orange juice- ½ cup
  • All-purpose flour, spooned and leveled or Gluten free flour- 1¼ cups
  • Yellow cornmeal- ½ cup
  • Baking powder- 2 teaspoons
  • Salt- 1 teaspoon
  • Finely grated zest of 1 orange
  • Orange segments, for serving
  • Sugar- ⅓ cup for topping the cake batter (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
  2. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan with oil or butter and line the bottom of the pan with a round parchment paper, and brush the paper with little oil.
  3. In a large bowl, combine together oil, eggs, 1 cup sugar, and orange juice until smooth using an electric hand mixer.
  4. Add all purpose flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and orange zest to the wet ingredients.
  5. Using an electric hand mixer, combine them. Don't over mix it.
  6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
  7. Sprinkle top evenly with remaining ⅓ cup sugar (topping will be thick). This is just optional.
  8. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or till a fork inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  9. Let cool down in the pan for 15 minutes.
  10. Run a knife around the edge of the cake; invert cake gently onto a plate, and remove parchment paper.
  11. Reinvert the cake onto a rack to cool completely.
  12. Serve with orange segments, if desired.
  13. While serving, you could even drizzle the cake with honey or strawberry syrup or any of your favorite syrups.
Notes
•If using gluten free all purpose flour, add ½ teaspoon of Xanthan gum to 1 cup of gluten free flour.
•Xanthan gum is used to bind or thicken gluten-free ingredients.
•You can ignore topping the cake batter with sugar.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/orange-cornmeal-cake-gluten-free/