Last month I visited a restaurant, where the menu is definitely not the unusual, the dishes they are offering is not something you can find on every corner, and needless to say, it's not only special, but very delicious as well. I like traditional dishes, but I can cook those at home every day, so when I'm eating out, I'd like to taste as many unusual and interesting (for me at least) dishes as possible and that's exactly what I did.
They had a few desserts on the menu, none of them traditional of course, but one stood out because it was a corn cake with cheese and raisins. I love all the ingredients and I also know what corn cake tastes like, because I bake it at home from time to time, but this was made differently and tasted very different, in a good way. So at the beginning of February, I decided to bake a corn cake with cheese and raisins.
Then I had my niece visiting, who loves this cake, but hates raisins, so I had to be creative and come up with something sour to substitute raisins. The only thing I could find was prunes which I love by the way, so I bought some and made another cake with prunes.
The recipe is not mine, I borrowed it from here and tailored it to my needs.
So let's see the recipe and then I'll tell you the rest.
Ingredients:
- 300g corn flour,
- 1 sachet baking powder,
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar,
- 100g semolina,
- 100ml sunflower oil,
- 200ml milk,
- 3 eggs + 1 egg for the cheese,
- pinch of salt,
- 250g sugar + 200g for the cheese,
- 250g cottage cheese,
- 100 - 200g raisins
- 2 - 3 tbsp rum for the raisins.
Method
Before you start, soak the raisins in rum.
Beat 3 eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar, mix with a mixer, then slowly add the corn flour mixed with baking soda and salt. Slowly add the oil and milk and mix well.
In a separate mixing bowl mix the cottage cheese with 200g sugar, 100g semolina and one egg.
Pour the mix in a baking tray and with a spoon, drop small quantities of cheese on top. The cheese is going to sink but don't worry about it, it's totally fine.
Drain the raisins and sprinkle them on top of the mix.
I'll tell you a secret. At this phase the cake is not going to look great because the corn, along with the cheese is going to sink to the bottom, because it's heavy. The top is going to look like it has a cream on it, which is fine, no worries.
Preheat the oven and bake for about 60 minutes on 150C. Towards the end of the baking time, I had to cover it with baking paper, to prevent the top from burning.
And voilà! My master peace! This is with raisins and it's a bit flat because corn flour is heavy and don't rise as white flower, but that doesn't change anything as the cake is heavenly good.
This was made with prunes. Sorry for the photo, when I realized the quality is bad, it was too late, but again, the cake was heavenly good with prunes too. The only problem with prunes is that it's quite expensive, but still affordable from time to time.
There's a story that comes with this cake and it's about buying cottage cheese. I wrote about it already, so if you're interested, you can find it here -> Incompetency (Or Stupidity), Once Again
What I love about this recipe is that you can tailor it as you like, add a lot of ingredients and I've been doing that for years now. It's easy, doesn't require a lot of time and it's very tasty. This is made like a sponge cake, but there's another way I want to try out. Have been looking for a recipe and last night I finally found one, so you can expect an update, or a different version of this cake soon.
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Super - I love cottage cheese in any dishes and baked goods 👍
!PIZZA
I'm glad to know that, so you have a reason to try it out :)
Here in Thailand there is a problem with dairy products - the cottage cheese that I found did not match the taste that I was used to - in my homeland the cottage cheese is much tastier and more natural.
I'm convinced that's the case wherever you go in the world as cheese is made in a very different way. I know it's disappointing, but you can still use it in cakes as mixed with sugar and egg, maybe the difference in taste is not so obvious.
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mmm, what a delight!!! i want a little piece @erikah
Open your window, sending you some 😆
Thank you very much, that delicious piece of cake has arrived directly to my heart. Hugs from my Venezuelan Caribbean, dear friend @erikah 🤗
$PIZZA slices delivered:
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i havent tasted this before but you making sure looks easy to try out myself
It is easy for sure and you don't need expensive ingredients, you can make it simple.
absolutely let me bookmark thank for the post
never seen it before, looks delicious tho :D
You're not the only one as not many know corn cake, but at least I'm making it popular on Hive :)
Not sure I've tried corn cake before, but this one looks great!
Thanks!
It's not a popular one but worth trying out.
It looks and sounds so yummy. I love prunes too, so having prunes in it would have been just fine with me as well. They are supposedly good for the digestive system too. I bet your niece will enjoy it with prunes no doubt. If not, mail it to me and I will :-).
I'd be happy to, but the way postal services work these days, especially to abroad, you would get it at Christmas 😆
Anyway, I'm glad you like it and I'm sure your lovely other half can bake it for you.
If I remember to share it with her when she awakes I will. Thank you. No worries about mailing it, i hear you about postal services, they are horrible here as well these days.
It turns out you are also good at cooking @erikah. I'm sure the cake tastes delicious.
Yeah, I'm full of surprises and it is delicious!
This looks delicious🤤🤤🤤.
Interesting recipe. Looks good. But how can you go wrong with rum soaked raisins 😆