Blueberry and vanilla polenta cake

Recipe By:Abigail Donnelly
Serves:8
Cooking Time:1 hour
Prep Time:25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 250 g Hazelnuts, toasted and finely ground
  • 2 x 125 g fresh blueberries
  • Cream, clotted, for serving (optional)
  • 2 tbsp light brown sugar
  • 2 lemons, juice and zest
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup polenta
  • 1/2 vanilla pod
  • 9 extra-large free-range eggs
  • 55 g Castor sugar
  • 250 g butter, softened

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  2. Cream the butter and caster sugar together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated.
  3. Split the vanilla pod and, using the tip of a sharp knife, scrape out the seeds and fold into the creamy egg mixture, along with the polenta, ground hazelnuts, baking powder, lemon juice and zest.
  4. Grease and line a 23 cm baking tin, then spread the blueberries onto the base and sprinkle with the brown sugar. Pour in the cake mixture and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean.
  5. Set aside for at least 1 hour in order to cool before removing from the tin. Place a plate onto the top of the cake, then quickly flip over and remove the cake from the tin. Serve with dollops of clotted cream, if desired.