Chocolate Polenta Cake

Name: Chocolate Polenta Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes: 1 x 23cm/9in cake
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 5 eggs, separated; 250 g/9 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, broken into pieces; 125 g/4½ oz/½ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 125 g/4½ oz/¾ cup plus 1 tbsp fine polenta (cornmeal); 125 g/4½ oz/¾ cup plus 1 tbsp fine polenta (cornmeal); 4 tbsp dark rum; 150 g/5½ oz/¾ cup caster (granulated) sugar

Preparation info

Makes:
1 x 23 cm

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Everybody Loves Chocolate

By Jennifer Donovan

Published 2024

About

Ingredients

125 g/4½ oz/½ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
250

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Grease a 23 cm/9 in spring-form