AMASI and MAIZE MEAL LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE
Heritge Day in South Africa is celebrated on the 24th of September each year, with a public holiday that brings everyone together to celebrate our wonderful rainbow nation!
Food usually forms a part of this celebration with everyone drawn towards cooking over an open fire or coals, which we call a Braai, we would like to suggest a lovely recipe for something sweet to be enjoyed with tea or coffee during the day……or even after your braai as a little sweetness. We acknowledge our heritage through two great local ingredients Amasi and Maize Meal (corn meal or polenta in other parts of the world)
AMASI and MAIZE MEAL LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE
Serves 8
Ingredients: Cake
1cup (250ml) maize meal (fine grind)
1 cup (250ml) Amasi / maas
1 Tbs (15ml) grated lemon rind
200g softened butter or baking margerine
1 cup (250ml) sugar
3 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup (250ml) self-raising flour
Optional: ½ cup (125ml) blueberries
Ingredients: Icing
1 cup (250ml) icing sugar
1/4 cup (62.5ml) lemon or lime juice
Method for cake loaf:
Combine the maize meal, amasi, and lemon rind in a bowl.
Cover and refrigerate for 2hrs or overnight.
Lightly grease 23cm x 14 cm loaf tin. Line the base with baking paper
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade.
Add the softened butter/margerine and sugar to the maize meal, beat with a hand beater to combine.
Stir in the eggs and the sifted flour.
* If you are adding the optional blueberries – stir through lightly now
Spread the mixture into the tin and bake for 50 minutes
Turn out of the tin and allow to cool
Method for Icing:
LEMON DRIZZLE ICING
Sift the icing sugar and stir in the lemon/lime juice.
If a little too thick add a little more lemon juice.
Turn out the cake onto a plate spoon or drizzle over the icing
Serve and enjoy
NOTE: If Amasi is not available then it can be substituted with yogurt or buttermilk and the maize meal can be replaced with polenta or corn meal.
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Thank you so much for the lovely feedback Buhle we are so glad that you are trying out the recipes.
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