Blood Orange Tea Cake
- Cake
- 1/2 cup fine cornmeal
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon mint finely minced
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup french sheep's milk feta, grated finely (I used my microplane)
- 1 stick of butter, softened
- 1 blood orange, zest and juice
- 1.25 cups powdered sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 eggs
- Blood Orange Feta Glaze
- 2 blood oranges
- 2 tablespoons french sheep's milk feta, finely grated (preferably with a microplane)
- 1 tablespoon mint, finely minced
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- Preheat the over to 350. Mix the cornmeal, flour, baking soda, mint, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- Mix the sour cream and feta in a small bowl and set aside.
- cream the butter for a minute with a handheld mixer and then add the blood orange zest and juice. Mix and slowly add the sugar until well incorporated.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Fold in the sour cream/feta mixture until blended and then fold in the dry ingredients.
- Pour the batter into a greased 8 inch round pan. Lick the bowl. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes and then invert on a plate. Carefully, turn over and place on a rack set over a plate. Prepare the glaze and slowly pour over the cake letting the excess drip onto the plate below.
- Zest one orange and place in a bowl along with the juice of the two oranges, the mint, and the feta. Slowly stir in the powdered sugar until you have a nice glaze - not too thick and not too thin. You may need more or less sugar depending on how juicy your oranges were.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/3508-blood-orange-tea-cake (may not work)