Manuka honey and orange polenta cake with pistachios

Honey and Orange Polenta Cake on baking paper with a slice missing

Feel like a sweet treat that's not too sinful? This Orange Polenta cake contains Manuka honey and pistachios, two ingredients with great health benefits.

Ingredients

Cake

200g butter
150g golden caster sugar
50g Manuka honey
3 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
125g polenta
100g ground almonds
50g pistachios, ground
1 tsp baking powder
2 oranges, zested

Syrup

200ml orange juice
60g coconut sugar
50g Manuka honey
50g pistachios, chopped to serve

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Nutritional information

Per	Serving (300g)
Energy (kcal)	440kcal
Fat	28g
of which saturates	12g
Carbohydrates	39g
of which sugars	30g
Fibre	1g
Protein	8g
Salt	1g

Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 160 ºC /140 ºC fan/gas mark 3 and grease and line a 20cm round cake tin. Beat together the butter, sugar and honey until light and fluffy.

Step 2

Gradually add in the eggs and vanilla paste until well combined and then fold in the polenta, ground almonds and ground pistachios until just combined. Then fold through the baking powder and orange zest.