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Strawberry Cornmeal Pound Cake: Spring is Here!
While you can buy what are technically strawberries year-round now, they don’t really start to taste like strawberries until late spring. Peak strawberry season has already started in Florida and Southern California and it’s slowly inching its way north, so now is the time to dust off those strawberry recipes, starting with this strawberry pound cake recipe.
With strawberries throughout, and a sweetness and rustic texture derived from the corn meal, this strawberry pound cake is a wonderful spring treat. It’s rich and buttery and has a surprisingly small amount of sugar. We served it plain, but it would also be a good base for a strawberry short cake.
Strawberry Cornmeal Pound Cake (adapted from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison)
makes 1 loaf
8 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose or whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sliced strawberries
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Liberally grease a standard loaf pan and dust with flour.
In a small bowl combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
Using either a paddle attachment for a stand mixer, or a regular beater, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, and mix just until incorporated. Add the vanilla, and then the yogurt. Mix in the flour mixture. Fold in the strawberries, and spoon batter into prepared baking pan. Add a row of strawberry slices to the top.
Bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool for 15 minutes and move pound cake to a rack to cool. Serve with strawberry puree and a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream, or a pat of butter. Cake will keep wrapped in the refrigerator for 2 days.
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[...] meantime, why don’t you make something nice for your dear old mom. How about this moist, tender strawberry polenta pound cake? The toothsome texture, and real strawberry flavor is equally at home for breakfast or dessert. [...]
mother's day | brooklyn supper commented on May 08 11 at 12:40 pmRose commented on May 08 11 at 9:26 amI made this yesterday and I am quite pleased with the results! Thank you, this is a recipe I make again and again.
Shelly commented on May 24 11 at 6:06 pmI’ve made this twice now since it is strawberry season. Love it! The first time, I used 3/4 cup cornmeal and 3/4 cup flour. Yummy, with a definite cornmeal grain to it. The second time I made it per the recipe and it was more cake-like. I loved it both ways! Thanks for the recipe – it’s a keeper.
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