Easy Cornmeal Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting & Strawberries

I love Corn Bread! And a Cornmeal Cake was on my list of things to try for the longest time. Now the thing with Cornmeal cake is, it by itself, may not be sufficient sometimes. You need to accessorize it if you may ask. When I make cornbread I always make a compound butter to go with it. And my favorite is a maple thyme butter. So, for this Cornmeal Bundt Cake too, I needed something to go with it. Well, what did I do? I paired it with the summer quintessential, strawberries. And of course, I love cream cheese, so a little cream cheese frosting goes on top but not before dousing it in maple syrup.

This Cornmeal Bundt cake with maple syrup, strawberries and the quintessential cream cheese frosting is perfect if you are entertaining in the summer. It’s way lighter and the sweet-savory combination is seriously addictive. And when you soak it in maple syrup, I guarantee you the taste is something which will make you go back to this recipe time and again. I have made this recipe probably some five-six times already since the lockdown started. And if you are not a fan of maple syrup, you can go ahead and use simple sugar syrup too.

The strawberries can be substituted with practically any fruit. However, I love pairing these Cornmeal Bundt Cakes with some sort of fruit as it accentuates the taste and makes it absolutely perfect for summer. Of course, berries can make anything look cute!

And did I say they are perfect when paired with a beverage like tea or coffee. And as you know I love giving edible gifts, so I would love to package these sweet and stunning cornmeal bundt cakes in some thing attractive and take them to friends and family too. So many possibilities with this beautiful dessert.

Enjoy this recipe and you may also like similar recipes below:

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Cornmeal Bundt Cake

This Cornmeal bundt Cake is an amazing summer bake which has this delicious sweet-savory taste to it accentuated with with Maple Syrup, Strawberries and Cream Cheese Frosting.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings: 4

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

For the Cake:

• 3/4 cup Cornmeal
• 11/2 cup All Purpose Flour
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
• 1 cup Buttermilk At room temperature
• 3/4 cup Unsalted Butter Melted
• 3 Eggs Large
• 1/2 tso Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 tsp Almond Extract
• 1/2 tsp Salt

For Cream Cheese Frosting

• 6 ounces Cream Cheese softened
• 4 tbsp Unsalted Butter
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 pinch Salt

For Garnish

• 4 tbsp Maple Syrup
• 4 Large Strawberries Thinly Sliced

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and adjust oven rack to lower middle position.
2. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and corn meal.
3. Add 11/2 cups of sugar, buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and almond extract in a separate bowl and mix well.
4. Throw in the flour mixture in the bowl above and mix well so that there are no dry lumps and everything is well combined.
5. Prepare the cake pan (I used a mini bundt pan) greasing it with melted butter and then throwing in some cornmeal or flour and shaking off the excess.
6. Pour the batter into the prepares pans. Bake until top is browned and knife inserted comes out clean. It took me 35 mins as I baked in mini bundt pans. If you are baking in a cake pan, it might take a little longer and about 40-45 mins.
7. Let the cakes cool in the pan for a good 30 mins. This is extremely important especially for these cornmeal cakes as they may break while you try to unmold them.
8. After 30 mins, run paring knife across the edges and invert the cakes on a parchment lined plate.

   After unmolding, let them cool for at least an hour.
9. Now for the cream cheese frosting, using a hand mixed first whip the softened cream cheese for 2 mins. Add the softened butter to it and whip again.
10. Now add the powdered sugar, salt and vanilla extract and whip again until the mix comes together.
11. Frost the top of the cakes with this cream cheese frosting and top with thinly sliced strawberries.
12. Finish off with a drizzle of maple syrup.