{"id":32042,"date":"2015-11-02T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=32042"},"modified":"2017-08-26T19:39:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T18:39:41","slug":"nigella-lawson-apricot-and-almond-cake-with-polenta-on-simply-nigella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/32042\/nigella-lawson-apricot-and-almond-cake-with-polenta-on-simply-nigella\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigella Lawson apricot and almond cake with polenta recipe on Simply Nigella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigella Lawson served up delicious apricot and almond cake with polenta, pistachios, rosewater and cardamom on Simply Nigella.<\/p>\n<p>Nigella says: &#8220;Using ground almonds instead of flour make this cake both gluten-free and dairy-free inadvertently.<\/p>\n<p>This is my idea of a perfect cake: simple, beautiful, fragrant and beguiling. I\u2019ve been making this sort of cake, in one form or another, since my clementine cake in How To Eat, and I can\u2019t help but feel, with a certain calm excitement, that it has reached its apogee here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ingredients are: 150g dried apricots, 250ml cold water, 2 cardamom pods, cracked, 200g ground almonds, 50g fine polenta, 1 teaspoon baking powder (gluten-free if required), 150g caster sugar, 6 large eggs, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon rosewater and nonstick cooking spray or sunflower oil for greasing.<\/p>\n<p>To decorate: 2 teaspoons rose petal or apricot jam, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 2\u00bd teaspoons very finely chopped pistachios.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/aprioct-cake.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/aprioct-cake.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"aprioct cake\" width=\"570\" height=\"321\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32043\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/aprioct-cake.png 570w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/aprioct-cake-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* food and drink *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3648486817\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0701189355\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0701189355&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=0701189355&#038;Format=_SL250_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=GB&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thetalentzone-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0701189355\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the full recipe in Nigella&#8217;s book titled:<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0701189355\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0701189355&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21\">Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thetalentzone-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0701189355\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0701189355\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0701189355&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21\">Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thetalentzone-21&#038;l=as2&#038;o=2&#038;a=0701189355\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigella Lawson served up delicious apricot and almond cake with polenta, pistachios, rosewater and cardamom on Simply Nigella. 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