Lemon Cornmeal cake with crushed berries sauce(Cake de limon y polenta con salsa de berries)

Some of you know me well ! I can't resist a berries cake so when I saw this recipe in Bon Appetit   I think: I have to make this:)

Source: Bon Appetit/2009

Im sharing this with Joyce to Cooking your books!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
3/4 sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk or greek yogurt
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsalted butter melted cooled
Crushed berry sauced
(see recipe)

Method
Preheat oven to 180°c.(350 F).
Butter a bundt cake pan or other pan .
In a bowl combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder
and salt in large bowl. Whisk to blend .
Whisk buttermilk, eggs, lemon peel and vanilla in other bowl.
Pour buttermilk mixture and melted butter into flour mixture.
Using rubben spatula, gently fold liquids into flour mixture until just blended. Scrape batter into pan, spread evenly.
Bake the cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean.
About 30 minutes.
Run knife around sides of cake.Place a rack atop cake in pan.
Using oven mitts hold pan and invert cake onto rack.
Remove cake from pan.
Cool completely and serve with crushed berries sauce.

Crushed berries sauce

2 cups fresh berries or frozen.
(strawberries,raspberries or blackberries)
2/3 cup golden brown sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon of cornstach
2 tablespoons of cold water

Combine 1 1/2 cups berries and all remaining ingredients in
medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to simmer, about 7 minutes.
reduce heat to medium low and simmer until berries are very soft and liquid is syrupy, stirring often about 4 minutes.
Remove from heat and add remaining berries. Using  back of spoon gently press some berries against side of pan until lightly crushed.








En español

Cake de limon y polenta con salsa de berries

Este cake es una maravilla y es muy sencillo. Se puede hacer la noche anterior y al otro día preparar la salsa de berries.
Se puede servir al té o como postre.

Está adaptado de una receta de Bon Appetit

Ingredientes

1 1/2 taza de harina sin polvos de hornear
1/3 taza de polenta o sémola
3/4 taza de azúcar
3 1/2 cucharaditas de polvos de hornear
1/2 cucharadita de sal
1 taza de yogurt griego
2 huevos grandes
1 cucharada de cáscara de limon rallado
1 cucharadita extracto de vainilla
1/2 taza de mantequilla derretida y enfriada
 salsa de berries para acompañar (receta más abajo)

Preparación

Precalentar el horno a 180°.