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Orange Pumpkin Polenta Cake (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

orange pumpkin cake
Cooking Method
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Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings 8
Best Season Fall
Ingredients
  • 425 g pumpkin puree
  • 1 orange (juiced and zested)
  • 150 g sultanas
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 160 g dairy free spread (melted)
  • 70 g polenta
  • 100 g gluten free plain flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs (separated)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven o 160 oC
  2. Grease a 9" bundt cake tin
  3. Soak the sultanas in the orange juice while you prep the rest of the cake
  4. Whisk together the pumpkin puree, sugar, melted dairy free spread, polenta, sultanas and orange zest
  5. Beat in the egg yolks
  6. Stir in the flour, baking powder and cinnamon
  7. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks
  8. Fold the egg whites into the pumpkin mixture
  9. Pour into the bundt tin and bake for 50 minutes
  10. Allow to cool before dusting with some icing sugar
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