Raspberry and orange polenta cake

Name: Raspberry and orange polenta cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 200 g Flora Buttery, plus extra for greasing; 300 g golden caster sugar; 3 Waitrose British Blacktail Free Range large Eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100 g Polenta Valsugana; 200 g ground almonds; 1 tsp Cooks’ Homebaking Baking Powder; 2 Finely grated zest and juice of oranges; 165 g essential Waitrose Raspberries, plus extra to serve; 2 tbsp flaked almonds; 2 tbsp orange liqueur (optional)

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Gluten free

Serves12
CourseCake
Prepare15 mins
Cook50 mins
Total time1 hr 5 mins

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200g Flora Buttery, plus extra for greasing
300g golden caster sugar
3 Waitrose British Blacktail Free Range large Eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g Polenta Valsugana
200g ground almonds
1 tsp Cooks’ Homebaking Baking Powder
2 Finely grated zest and juice of oranges
165g essential Waitrose Raspberries, plus extra to serve
2 tbsp flaked almonds
2 tbsp orange liqueur (optional)

Preheat the oven to 160°C, gas mark 3. Grease and base line a 23cm springform cake tin.
Whisk the Flora and 200g of the sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in the eggs and the vanilla extract.
Add the polenta, almonds, baking powder and orange zest and mix together. Gently stir in the raspberries. Spoon into the tin, scatter with flaked almonds and bake for 50 minutes until set and lightly browned.
Meanwhile, place the orange juice and remaining 100g caster sugar in a small saucepan and simmer gently over a medium heat for about 10 minutes until thickened and syrupy. Remove from the heat and stir in the liqueur, if using.
Prick the cake with a thin skewer and spoon over the syrup. Leave to cool in the tin then slice and serve with a spoonful of mascarpone and a scattering of raspberries.