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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Blueberry Cornmeal Cake

I snagged this recipe from Bon Appetit May 2010 to use up my CSA blueberries and some other blueberries I had in the frig. Apparently it's from a restaurant in Santa Monica called the Huckleberry Bakery & Cafe.

  • Nonstick vegetable oil spray
  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 2/3 cups yellow cornmeal
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 6 Tbl vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 Tbl vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 10 Tbl unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup plus 3 Tbl sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt (I had french vanilla so I used that)
  • 3 cups blueberries
  1. Preheat oven to 325. Spray a 10-inch springform pan with 2 3/4" sides with nonstick spray.
  2. Whisk flour and next 3 ingredients in medium bowl.
  3. Whisk oil, eggs, vanilla, and honey in another medium bowl.
  4. Using electric mixer, beat butter, 3/4 cup + 2 Tbl sugar, and salt in large bowl until creamy
  5. With mixer running on medium speed, gradually add egg mixture; beat to blend.
  6. Beat in flour mixture just to blend.
  7. Add ricotta and yogurt; beat on low speed just to blend.
  8. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Scatter 1 1/2 cups blueberries over. Spoon remaining batter over in dollops, then spread to cover blueberries. Scatter remaining blueberries over. Sprinkly remaining 1 Tbl sugar over.
  9. Bake cake until top is golden brown and test inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack.

Serves 12.

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