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Vegan Orange Cornmeal Cake

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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Servings 8 slices

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 100 g Vegan margarine
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 100 g Alpro soya vanilla yogurt you can use soya custard as well
  • 140 g Plain flour
  • 50 g Cornmeal (fine, not coarse)
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 Orange (zest only) you can use any kind of oranges

Orange Drizzle Glaze

  • 100 ml Freshly squeezed orange juice, strained you can use any kind of oranges
  • 100 g Sugar

Instructions
 

For the cake

  • Grease a 7" cake tin with oil and sprinkle a pinch of flour over the tin to create a thin layer on the grease. This will help your cake to come out easily when it's baked. Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 5).
  • In a large bowl beat the margarine with the sugar until light and fluffy with a folk or whisk. Add the zest and whisk well. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder ans salt.
  • Add some of the flour mixture to the margarine mixture and beat with a spoon, then add some of the soya yogurt and mix well.
  • Add the rest of the flour and yogurt and combine well but DO NOT OVER MIX!! The batter will be very thick so you will need to spoon it to put in the cake tin rather than pouring it.
  • Bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean and golden on top. Let it cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin and cool further on a wire rack.

For the glaze

  • Add the sugar and orange juice to a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes and keep stirring until it thickens up and the sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
  • Poke a few holes on top of the warm cake and pour the glaze over until it couldn't take any more. When the cake is cooled completely pour the leftover glaze (if there is any left) on top. Leave to let the glaze to harden a little bit before serving.