Gluten Free Polenta Cake

Here is the recipe for a delicious, fluffy gluten free cake

You will need:
4 eggs, yolks and whites separated, at room temperature
2.5 cups milk
150 ml olive oil
1 cup custard sugar
1.5 cups polenta flour
0.5 cups almond flour
1 table spoon baking powder
1 table spoon fennel seeds or dried rosemary (optional)

1. 👩🏻‍🍳 Mix milk, olive oil, sugar, fennel seeds or rosemary (optional) and polenta flour in a pan and bring to boil mixing constantly until the dough is creamy and you can see the bottom of the pan.

2. 🔥 Turn off the heat, add the almond flour and let cool. Meanwhile pre-heat the oven at 180C and line a cake pan with baking paper (or grease well).

3. 🥚 Add yolks and baking powder and mix well.

4. 🌪️ Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and mix with the polenta mix, being very careful to not overmix.

5. ♨️ Put the polenta mix in the cake pan and smooth the top. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 30 – 40 min, check the readiness of the cake inserting a toothpick. If it comes out clean the cake is ready.