Lemon and Corn Cake with Peach Compote

Yield: 30 portions (2 each 200 ½ pans)

Ingredients:

Lemon and Corn Cake

  • 3 cups AP flour
  • 2 ¼ cups Yellow cornmeal
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • ¼ cup Baking powder
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup (2 stick) Butter, melted
  • 6 each Eggs, beaten
  • 1 ½ cups Sour cream
  • 4 lb.(1 bag) Reser’s Sweet Corn with Butter (71117.56013)
  • 2 each Lemons, juiced and zested

Peach Compote

  • 8 each Peaches, pitted and diced
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Lemon juice, fresh
  • ½ cup water

Directions:

  1. For Peach Compote, place diced peaches, sugar, lemon juice and water into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
  2. Reduce heat to low and cook for 10-12 minutes or until peaches have softened.
  3. Let cool to room temperature.
  4. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  5. For Lemon and Corn Cake, preheat oven to 375°F.
  6. In a large bowl, mix AP flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  7. In a separate bowl, whisk together melted butter, eggs, sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, and Reser’s Sweet Corn with Butter.
  8. Divide between two greased and floured 200 ½ pans (68 oz each).
  9. Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out crumb free.
  10. To build, layer ¼ cup Peach Compote on top of 1 round of Lemon and Corn Cake, cut with 3” ring mold/ Dust plate with powdered sugar to dust plate