Cornmeal Cake with Buttermilk Ice Cream and Rhubarb Compote
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Homemade Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons coarsely crushed sugar cubes
- Buttermilk Ice Cream
- Rhubarb Compote
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Generously butter 9-inch cake pan with 2-inch-high sides.
- Dust pan with cornmeal, tapping out excess.
- Sift flour, 1/2 cup cornmeal, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth and fluffy.
- Beat in orange peel.
- Gradually add 1 cup sugar and beat until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping sides of bowl.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in sour cream and vanilla.
- Fold in dry ingredients in 3 additions until just incorporated.
- Transfer batter to pan; smooth top.
- Sprinkle with crushed sugar.
- Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes.
- Run knife around pan sides to loosen.
- Turn cake out onto plate, then invert, crushed sugar side up, onto rack.
- Cool completely.
- DO AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead.
- Wrap in foil; let stand at room temperature.
- Cut cake into wedges.
- Serve with Buttermilk Ice Cream and Rhubarb Compote alongside.
flour, yellow cornmeal, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, sugar cubes, buttermilk, rhubarb
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cornmeal-cake-with-buttermilk-ice-cream-and-rhubarb-compote-241643 (may not work)