Mălai (cornbread cake)
A rustic cake made with cornmeal and soured milk, baked in a tin.
Classic method
Ingredients
- 200 g fine cornmeal
- 200 g white flour
- 500 ml buttermilk
- 3 eggs
- 120 g sugar
- 80 ml oil
- 10 g baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- Butter for greasing the tin
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How to make it
- Heat the oven to 180°C, without the fan. Grease a baking tin of about 20 × 30 cm.
- Beat the eggs with the sugar, then add the buttermilk and oil.
- In a separate bowl, mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt, then fold them into the wet mixture.
- Pour into the tin and bake for 35–40 minutes, until the middle is baked and a toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool before slicing.
Nutritional values
Estimare automată din ingrediente: 8 din 9 recunoscute; fără valori pentru: Unt pentru uns tava.
Source: Inspired by the book Povești și bucate de la Luna (Stories and dishes from Luna), p. 18. The weights, times and TM6/TM7 instructions are an editorial adaptation for today's kitchen, not a tr
Part of: Stories and dishes from Luna
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