Recipe Recommendation: Lavender Polenta Coffeecake

We baked this delicious, moist coffee cake that's made with polenta, lavender flowers, sultanas soaked in brandy, and a honey-based glaze.

The recipe is taken from Essentials of Baking: Recipes and Techniques for Successful Home Baking and was very easy to make. The polenta adds a corny sweetness to the cake, and the brandy-soaked sultanas give some moisture to the corn-based cake. The topping of dried lavender flowers adds a herby, earthy bite to the cake. And it's very pretty!

Get the cookbook at Amazon: Essentials of Baking: Recipes and Techniques for Successful Home Baking - $23.07.

(Image: Kathryn Hill)

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Comments (2)

What a tease! Here I thought we were getting the recipe, but, no, just a plug for a cookbook. Perhaps next time, title it Cookbook Recommendation.

I too found that irritating, but for future reference, it appears Williams Sonoma has posted the recipe to their website.

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/lavender-polenta-coffee-cake.html