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Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World

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One day I remembered an old recipe, which marked my childhood and which I want to share with you. Is about the best sweet cornbread recipe in a world, with cottage cheese and yoghurt, so delicious.

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As you know cornbread is made from cornmeal and is a typical American recipe. I will show you a recipe from Transylvania, a sweet cornbread with cottage cheese.

This recipe is less known in the world, but it is a delicious dessert, like another recipe of mine, the sweet fried semolina pudding.

Let’s Show You the Ingredients

The main ingredient is cornmeal from which I used 250 g.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Cornmeal

To the cornflour, we will add 150 g of wheat flour, of any type, and a sachet of baking powder.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Wheat Flour

And of course the cottage cheese, I put about 500 g of fresh cheese, or you can also use cheese cream.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Cottage Cheese

I also need 4 eggs, which we will separate the yolks from the whites.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Four Whole Eggs

We need another 200 g of caster sugar and 100 g of unsalted butter at room temperature.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Caster Sugar
Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Unsalted Butter

We will flavour the cake with two sachets of vanilla sugar (or a teaspoon of vanilla essence) and lemon zest. To make the dough softer, we will add 400 g of Greek yoghurt.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Lemon
Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Greek Yoghurt

How to Make the Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World?

This recipe is very simple and quick to make but is so tasty.

In a bowl, put the egg yolks, butter and sugar and mix everything, with a hand mixer, until you get a homogeneous paste.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Egg Yolks, Sugar and Butter in a Bowl
Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Mixing the Butter With Egg Yolks and Sugar

Add the yogurt and vanilla sugar (or vanilla essence) and continue mixing.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Mixing the Butter With Yoghurt

Now we can add the cottage cheese together with the lemon zest.

Separately, in another bowl, mix the two types of flour (corn and wheat) together with the baking powder.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Wheat Flour, Corn Flour and Baking Powder in Bowl

Pour the flour over the rest of the ingredients and mix until incorporated.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Mixed Ingredients

We take the egg whites and mix them until we get a foam.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Mixing the Egg Whites

Pour the foam over the dough and mix gently with an egg beater, until completely incorporated.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Add Mixed Egg White Foam to Dough
Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Mixing Egg White Foam With and the Dough With Egg Beater

The composition was ready, I let everything rest for about 30 minutes to soften the cornmeal.

Baking the Cake

We took a baking tray, which we lined with baking paper, and pour the composition into the tray.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Pour the Dough in the Baking Tray

With a spatula, level the soft dough so that it is evenly spread throughout the tray.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Baking Tray With Dough Ready to Bake

Heat the oven to 180 degrees, put the tray and bake for about 35-40 minutes, until we get a golden colour.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Baked Cake

Serving the Corn Bread

I took out the cornbread on a chopping board, and while it was still hot I sprinkled it with powdered sugar.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Cake Sprinkled With Powder Sugar

After it cooled completely, I cut slices of cake and served on a plate.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Served on Plate

You can sprinkle with more powdered sugar and pour a little honey on top.

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Served on Plate With Honey

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Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World-Served on Plate With Honey

Best Sweet Cornbread Recipe in a World

Laci
One day I remembered an old recipe, which marked my childhood and which I want to share with you. Is about the best sweet cornbread recipe in a world, with cottage cheese and yoghurt, sprinkled with honey, so delicious.
5 from 6 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American, Transylvanian
Servings 8 portions
Calories 456 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 250 g cornmeal
  • 150 g wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder 1 sachet
  • 400 g cottage cheese or cheese cream
  • 4 pieces eggs
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 2 tsp vanila sugar or 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 400 g Greek yoghurt
  • 1 piece lemon zest

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl, put the egg yolks, butter and sugar and mix everything, with a hand mixer, until you get a homogeneous paste. Add the yoghurt, cottage cheese, vanilla sugar (or vanilla essence), lemon zest and continue mixing.
  • Separately, in another bowl, mix the two types of flour (corn and wheat) together with the baking powder. Pour the flour over the rest of the ingredients and mix until incorporated.
  • Take the egg whites and mix them until we get a foam. Pour the foam over the dough and mix gently with an egg beater, until completely incorporated. Let the composition to rest for about 30 minutes to soften the cornmeal.
  • Took a baking tray, which we lined with baking paper, and pour the composition into the tray. With a spatula, level the soft dough so that it is evenly spread throughout the tray. Heat the oven to 180 degrees, put the tray and bake for about 35-40 minutes, until we get a golden colour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gramsCalories: 456kcalCarbohydrates: 66gProtein: 16gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 363mgFiber: 4gSugar: 29g
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