Best Pumpkin And Cornmeal Cake Recipes

PUMPKIN AND CORNMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Position oven rack in middle of oven, preheat to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 9-inch bundt pan.
• With a mixer and paddle attachment, beat butter, zest and sugar until light and fluffy- about 3 minutes.
• One at a time, add egg and egg yolks, beating well and scraping sides of bowl after each addition.
• Beat in pumpkin and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt, stir in cornmeal.
• Add dry mixture to pumpkin batter in 3 staqges, stirring gently but thoroughly with rubber spatula after each addition.
• Do not overwork batter.
• In a clean bowl, whip egg whites to soft peaks.
• Gently fold whites into batter with spatula until there are no longer any white streaks.
• Scrape batter into pan, smooth surface.
• Bake until top is springy when lightly touched, the sides should be pulling away from the pan and a wooden skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean- about 40-50 minutes.
• Let cool for 20 minutes and then invert cake onto a rack to cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar if you like.
• For Orange Syrup: In a small saucepan over low heat, combine orange juice and sugar, stirring until sugar has dissolved.
• Boil without stirring for 2 minutes.
• Serve each slice with a drizzle of warm syrup accompanied by yougurt or vanilla ice cream.

PUMPKIN AND CORNMEAL CAKE WITH ORANGE SYRUP

Steps:

• Make the cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350. Butter a 9 inch Bundt pan. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl, using a handheld mixer), beat the butter, sugar, and orange zest until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. One at a time, add the egg and egg yolks (reserve the whites), beating well and scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Beat in the pumpkin and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir in the cornmeal. Add this mixture to the pumpkin batter in three stages, stirring gently but thoroughly with a rubber spatula after each addition; don't overwork the batter. In a clean bowl with a clean whisk or handheld mixer, whip the reserved egg whites until they hold soft peaks. Gently fold the whites into the batter with the spatula until you no longer see streaks of white.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan; smooth the surface. Bake until the top of the cake is springy when lightly touched, the sides are beginning to pull away from the pan, and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then invert the cake onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust the cake with powdered sugar, if you like.
• Make the syrup and serve: In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the orange juice and sugar, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat to medium high. Boil without stirring for 2 minutes. (If you make the syrup ahead, be sure to warm it gently before serving.) Serve each slice of cake drizzled with syrup and, if you like, accompanied by a scoop of vanilla yogurt or vanilla ice cream.