Cornmeal Sheet Cake Recipe - Cooking Index

Cornmeal Sheet Cake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup  Unsalted butter
1 cup  Sugar
1 cup  Cornmeal
2/3 cup  Flour
1 teaspoon  Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon  Salt
2   Eggs
1   Egg yolk
1/2 cup  Milk
1/2 cup  Simple syrup
1 tablespoon  Butter
1 tablespoon  Peach - sliced 1" slices (small)
1/2 cup  Blueberries
1/2   Banana - sliced 1" pieces
1/2   Pear - sliced 1" slices
1 cup  Caramel sauce
  Whipped cream - in pastry bag
  Chiffonade of mint
  Powdered sugar - shaker

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a half sheet pan with butter.

Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together. Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt together. With the mixer on low, slowly add the cornmeal mix to incorporate. Add the whole eggs and yolks, one at a time. In a steady stream, slowly add the milk. Pour the batter into a prepared pan. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the cake is done.

In a saute pan, heat the butter. Saute the fruits for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the caramel sauce and bring up to simmer. Remove from the heat. Place a square of the cake in the center of the plate. Spoon the sauce over the cake. Place a second layer of the cake over the fruit and finish with the sauce. Garnish with whipped cream, mint and powdered sugar.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-2381 broadcast 05-23-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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