Blood Orange Polenta Cake

February is the month I most wish I were back in Australia. Since I am in the UK, and not there, I find pleasure in the blood oranges and pink rhubarb and the slowly lengthening days when the grey of February seems interminable. The seasons really confront you in the UK – I had once been used to them failing to announce their arrival or departure except by the calendar. Blood orange polenta cake is one of our counter staples; a similar cake features in independent cafés the world over. It’s