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Try our recipe for homemade marmalade and use it in this gorgeous polenta cake. Also check out our orange drizzle cake, almond cake and more cake recipes.

  • 200g butter
    at room temperature
  • 150g golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 tbsp  milk
  • 200g ground almonds
  • 100g polenta
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 oranges
    zested
  • 3 tbsp (leave any large shred behind) orange marmalade
  • to serve crème fraîche

MARMALADE GLAZE

  • 5 tbsp orange marmalade
  • 1 tbsp orange juice

Nutrition:

  • kcal714
  • fat49.2g
  • saturates19.8g
  • carbs54.2g
  • fibre0.3g
  • protein13.5g
  • salt1g

Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and base-line a 23cm springform cake tin.

  • step 2

    Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and milk then the almonds, polenta and baking powder until you have a smooth batter. Finally, beat in the zest
    and marmalade.

  • step 3

    Scrape the mix into the tin then bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out mostly clean.

  • step 4

    Leave for 15 minutes, then remove the tin and put the cake on a plate. To make the glaze, put the marmalade with any shreds in a pan with the orange juice. Heat gently until the marmalade has dissolved, then spoon all over the cake. Serve warm with crème fraîche.

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