Orange Cornmeal Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup olive oil, plus more for the pan
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 1/3 cup sugar, for the topping
• 1/2 cup orange juice (or dry wine)
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 finely grated orange, zest of
• orange section, for serving

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f brush bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan with oil; line bottom with a round of wax or parchment paper, and brush paper with oil.
• 2 in a large bowl, whisk together oil, eggs, 1 cup sugar, and orange juice until smooth. add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and orange zest; whisk gently to combine.
• 3 pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle top evenly with remaining 1/3 cup sugar (topping will be thick). bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes.
• 4 cool in pan 20 minutes. run a knife around edge of cake; invert cake gently onto a plate, and remove parchment paper. re-invert cake onto a rack to cool completely. serve with orange segments, if desired.