YOUR RECIPE FOR CONVECTION COOKING!
Convection Bake Lemon Cornmeal Cake
Convection Mode vs Traditional Bake Mode
This is my ideal cake, easy to assemble, fast to cook, delicious plain with tea, or a little decadent with berries and whipped cream. I don’t usually bother buying buttermilk, I just add a tablespoon of lemon juice to plain milk, that way I don’t waste the rest of the carton. If you want to learn about the different results baking in Convection vs Regular Bake, I recommend you give this a try in each mode, both will be delicious, but you will notice a difference in texture.
Ingredients
1 - stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 ½ - cups, all purpose flour
⅓ - cup yellow cornmeal
¾ - cup granulated sugar
3 ½ - teaspoons baking powder
½ - teaspoon salt
1 - cup buttermilk ( add 1 tablespoon lemon juice to one cup milk and let sit for 30 minutes)
2 - large eggs
2 - tablespoons grated lemon peel
¾ - teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
Preheat the oven Convection 325 or Bake 350 degrees and butter a 9” cake pan.
Gently melt the butter in a small pan then set it aside to cool while you assemble the other ingredients.
Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the buttermilk, eggs, lemon peel and vanilla in a large jug or medium sized bowl.
Stir in the melted butter then pour into the flour mixture and gently blend with a rubber spatula.
Scrape into the pan and smooth out - place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until the tester comes out clean.
Let the pan cook for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the cake, place a cooling rack over the pan and invert the cake onto the rack. Place a plate on top of the cake and invert it one more time and remove the rack.