In Nigeria, corns are available within the mid-seasons of the year from June -August. They can be eaten roasted or boiled. Some cultures incorporate them into foods such as bean porridge.
Chowing down on one yesterday, it hit me to incorporate it in a cake. And so began the quest to create my own corn cake recipe by just being experimental (being a science graduate, I love to experiment. LOL). Here is the recipe, I hope you try it out and enjoy it as I and my family did!
CORN CAKE RECIPE
Prep Time: 20mins Cook Time:1hr Total Time: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients needed:
- 5 medium-sized ears soft-Fresh Corn
- 1 cup Butter (unsalted)
- 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp Custard powder
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1/3cup Corn flour
- 1/3 cup Full cream Milk
- 1 tsp Nutmeg (optional, you can substitute to your preference e.g Cinnamon)
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
- a pinch of salt (skip if you use a salted butter instead)
- 1 tsp of Vanilla essence
Prep: Corn: Wash and boil your corn. De-seed the cobs as this is easier when the corn is boiled. Using a food processor or the dry-cup blender attached to your home blender, blend the corn ( had to dry my corn out a little to help the blender do this faster) in batches in order not to over-work the blender.
Baking pan: butter and line the insides of the pan with baking sheet or clean A4 paper cut out in the shape of the pan.
Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius or your pot on a steady heat stove (read my "how to bake without an oven post for instructions) for 15mins.
In a medium sized bowl, sieve and mix the flour and all your dry ingredients and set aside. Mix the butter and sugar in a separate bowl and beat on high-speed of a standard electric mixer for 5mins or until it looks creamy and pale-white. (or you can do it manually, but this takes longer time to cream). Add the egg (egg-white first and then egg yolks next), vanilla essence and mix together until well incorporated. Add the pureed corn and mix thoroughly until well mixed and no sign of clumps.
Fold in the dry ingredients one handful at a time until well mixed and pour into your baking pan. Put into the oven or pot oven for one hour. Check for doneness with a tooth-pick (check out my other post on how to check for doneness). Set on a cooling rack and serve with a cup of coffee or tea.
Enjoy! As I did. You can try out this recipe and leave your comments below on how yours turned out! Hope you enjoyed reading this!
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