Orange, Lemon & Nettle Cornmeal Tea Cake
Shared by: Plan to Eat Blog
Source: Jen Iacoboni
Serving: 6
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 1 cup nettle
- 4 eggs
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 1 1⁄2 cup organic white flour
- 1⁄2 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup oats
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup ghee or butter, melted
- 1⁄2 cup organic cane sugar
- Zest and juice from one lemon
- For the topping:
- Powdered Sugar
- Honey
- Ghee or butter, (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350*.
While oven is warming up start on the nettle. Remove nettle from container using tongs or kitchen gloves to avoid sting. Place in colander and rinse, once rinsed place in blender. Combine eggs, orange juice, honey and nettle in blender. Blend until smooth.
Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl while ghee or butter is melting on the stove top. Once it has melted add to the dry ingredients, along with the vanilla, lemon zest and juice and blender ingredients. Stir until smooth.
Oil a casserole dish or cake pan, 8x8 is a great size. Pour batter into oiled pan and place in the preheated oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool, once cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with ghee or butter and drizzle honey over each piece.