Here’s a simple, old-fashioned Cornmeal Cake—moist, lightly sweet, and perfect with coffee or tea 🌽🍰
🌽 Cornmeal Cake
Ingredients (makes 1 9-inch cake or 8×8 pan)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk or buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Optional: lemon zest or cinnamon for flavor
Instructions
- Preheat oven
- Preheat to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease and flour your baking pan.
- Mix dry ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix wet ingredients
- In another bowl, beat eggs, milk, oil (or butter), and vanilla.
- Combine
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Stir just until combined (don’t overmix).
- Bake
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 35–40 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool & serve
- Let cool slightly before slicing.
- Serve plain or with honey, powdered sugar, or fresh fruit.
Tips
- Buttermilk gives a softer, more tender crumb.
- For a rustic touch, sprinkle coarse sugar on top before baking.
- Delicious served warm with butter or a drizzle of honey.
If you’d like, I can also share:
- a lemon cornmeal cake
- a glazed Southern-style cornmeal cake
- or a no-flour version
Just let me know 😊
