Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup almond paste, cut into half-inch pieces
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease an 8-inch round cake pan with vegetable spray. An alternative is to butter and flour the cake pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, cake flour and baking powder and set aside.
Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and almond paste on high speed until smooth, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low and slowly add confectioners' sugar. Mix until thoroughly combined and light and fluffy. Raise speed to high and add the vanilla extract, whole eggs and egg yolks, 1 at a time. Mix until well combined. Reduce speed to medium and add the sour cream and dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake in the lower third of the oven for 35 minutes, or until the cake is golden and pulls away from the sides of the pan. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool. Remove from pan and dust with confectioners' sugar.
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By cath1025_10670581
Fredericksburg, VA
on April 21, 2013
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Good cake - I'd make it again. Texture was just fine (I used fine cornmeal. I would have liked stronger almond flavor. Might try sub'ing almond extract for the vanilla extract. Don't know why it is rated intermediate difficulty - I thought it was very easy to make.
By melkist80
on April 18, 2013
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This cake is Delicious! I used Ap flour instead and added an orange glaze on top. I poked a bunch of holes in the top of the cake so the Glaze would seep through. If your cake turned out dry I cannot understand why. Mine was super moist and lots of flavor.
By tomatjt
on March 03, 2013
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Cake was a little like cornbread, it may be that the cornmeal I used wasn’t fine enough but the almond flavor was delicious. Instead of the power sugar on top I put fresh strawberries with a glaze it really brought out the flavors and it made it a little less dry. I would make this again.
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