Polenta Cake with Roasted Nectarines
Polenta Cake with Roasted Nectarines might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 324 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of skim milk, granulated sugar, firmly brown sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.
Instructions
Beat margarine and 1/3 cup brown sugar at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add milk and lemon rind; beat well.
Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (flour through salt); add to creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in chopped apple.
Spoon batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 350 for 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan.
Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Combine remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar, water, and cinnamon in a 2-cup glass measure; stir well. Microwave at high 30 seconds or until sugar dissolves.
Combine nectarines and brown sugar mixture; toss well. Arrange nectarines, cut sides down, in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
Bake at 475 for 15 minutes or until tender. Turn nectarines over; sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
Bake an additional 5 minutes.
Garnish with cinnamon sticks, if desired.
Pear Variation: Substitute 6 small, firm Bosc pears, cored and quartered
(2 1/4 pounds), for nectarines, if desired.