These days, polenta isn’t just a savory dish of plain ol’ boiled cornmeal. It’s a versatile ingredient that can easily become a savory side or even the key ingredient in a dessert. That’s right, a dessert! Unlike other savory sides, polenta can be combined with flour to create a flavorful base for a sweet cake.

Chocolat says, in her blog Cooking in Rome, that the delicious Polenta Cake I’ve been talking about can also be called ‘Amorpolenta’. Here, amor means just what you think it might: love! It’s the special ingredient that really makes this cake a special one.

Though the polenta is the star ingredient in this cake, there are others that should be given credit for their tasty performance :). For instance, how about that whole cup of chopped almonds? Those two tablespoons of rum will also have your taste testers trying to figure out what the secret ingredient is! This cake is so delicious, you can finish it off with powdered sugar, it doesn’t need any fancy frosting :).