I’m sequestered with a pile of research papers, in between forays out to attend meetings. Little time for blogging, sadly, but I remember promising to share the simple, delicious recipe I found online for a Lemon Cornmeal cake. In fact, since I can’t ethically copy the recipe here, I’ll just send you over to thesource at YumSugar. The only change I made is adding finely chopped fresh rosemary to the batter, inspired by a marvellous and much richer Lemon Cornmeal Cake we’d enjoyed earlier at a friend’s. The friend was kind enough to scan and send along to me his recipe, taken from the pages of Tom’s Big Dinners, a cookbook I’m putting on my Want list. But that version has a 1/2 cup of butter AND 2/3 cup mascarpone AND 1/4 cup heavy cream AND 4 eggs! No wonder it tasted so damn good.
The version I made was easily mixed together with a healthy 2 eggs, cup of buttermilk, and just over 1/4 cup of olive oil — still a very tasty treat. Let me know if you try it!
Now back to my marking. . . But you know I was thinking of you. . .
I love anything with lemons. That lemon cornmeal cake sounds wonderful.
It's good!
As one of those who asked you for the recipe, many thanks – I look forward to trying it at the weekend.
And congratulations to all on the new baby's arrival, and health, happiness and all that's good to Harriet herself.
Thank you! I'll pass the good wishes along to our little girl. And I hope you enjoy the cake. . .
Lemon and cornmeal – a delicious-sounding combination. Lemon is one of our favorite flavors at Pondside.
It really is nice — the olive oil makes a nice addition.
I do love a good lemon cake, so I'll have to give this one a try sometime soon. I hope the grading goes quickly. I just got through one stack of papers last night, but I still have another to go before finals start coming in on Monday.
Not quickly enough. Still on it, and then once the research papers are done, there are the final exams, of course. . .
Sounds delicious. Lemon, cornmeal and rosemary. Yum.
I know! I love lemon and rosemary together.
I love anything lemony…
especially cake!
The texture must be good with the addition of the cornmeal.
The cornmeal really does make for a wonderful texture.
I love lemon, but unfortunately I'm the only one in my house who does. But I'm bookmarking that recipe for my "what-to-take-to-potlucks" file.
It's perfect for potlucking — yummy, but quick to pull together, generally from ingredients already in the cupboards (and I suppose you could pluck the lemons from your little tree!)
Hi Mater, I actually made this cake (or a version of it) shortly after you mentioned it the first time – very nice!
Glad you enjoyed it!