Cornmeal And Mashed Potato Savoury Cakes
These are great if you want to turn your side dish or steamed veggies into cakes and keep the routine at a safe distance.
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Ingredients (for 4 cake molds and 4 muffin cups)
- • 4 Tbsp canned sweet corn kernels - drained
- • 4 Tbsp (1 small) ivory bell pepper – cored, seeded and diced
- • 2 Tbsp steamed peas (you can also use canned) – drained
- • 1 tsp salt (or more if you’d like)
- • 2 Tbsp fresh curled parsley leaves - chopped
- • 2/3 cup cornmeal
- • 115 g bread flour
- • 2 medium to large carrots
- • 2 medium potatoes
- • 8 g baking powder
- • 1 large egg – room temperature
- • 260 ml buttermilk (3.5% fat) – store bought
- • 50 g butter
- • Paprika – to taste
- • Freshly ground pepper mix (black, white, red and green) - to taste
Directions
Boil the potatoes and the carrots. Mash the boiled potatoes with a fork and cut the carrots into 1/3 cm thick slices.
Dice up the bell pepper and coarsely chop the parsley. Make sure peas and corn kernels are close by.
Microwave the butter for 30 seconds on 750 W. Add the mashed potatoes, the buttermilk, and the egg to the mixing bowl containing the melted butter. Mix well, then toss in the diced bell pepper, peas, corn kernels and chopped parsley. Give it another good stir.
Collect flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in another mixing bowl. Mix with a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon. Toss the content of the first mixing bowl over the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
Line your microwave crisp plate with microwave safe silicone-coated parchment paper, then line 4 silicone muffin cups with bottom-pierced paper liners. I also used 4 silicone-coated parchment paper (microwave safe) bottomed molds I made myself. They had a square base of 7 cm the side and a height of 7 cm.
Place the cups and the molds on the lined plate. Fill each cup ¾ full, then each mold so that they are 2 ½ - 3 cm full. Decorate with carrot slices by gently pressing them halfway into the batter.
Bake them in the microwave for 7 minutes on 750 W. Take out the muffin cups and microwave the remaining molds for another 8 minutes on 750 W.
Remove the silicone cups. Set aside allowing them to cool almost completely (otherwise you won’t be able to properly remove the paper). Remove the paper, sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper, paprika and serve 
Next time I’ll only be making the cakes because they look much better than the “muffins”.
what a great idea!!! a perfect side dish… looks yum too…
They look delicious Lore. I don’t think there is any buttermilk in Greece. Do you have any idea with what it can be substituted and I never bake in the microwave but that is no problem, I can easily bake them in the oven.
u always comeup with such great ideas which always inspire me,…hope u dng great,.hppy weekend,..
So pretty color Lore! It’s also a great recipe for left-over mashed potato. Love it!
It is so original! Hey, this savory cake looks more gorgeous than any fancy sweet cakes! And I know it must taste wonderful.
oh goodness! this sooo mouth-watering!! im making this tonight!! love all the flavors really original!
That would be just awesome for a picknic!!!
These look fab Lore - not your average way of serving veges.
Hey Lore this looks awesome..great idea
Fantastic idea here. I love this…just love it. Oh, and you’ve just given me my own great cornbread idea. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hey Lore - Love this idea.
And I’m thinking these would make a great breakfast treat as leftovers… meal right in hand!
Ah…inspiration for all of that extra cornmeal in the cabinet. (But I’d have to do something about those peas…)
Those look wonderful! I need to be shaking things up in the Pond and this looks like a great way to do it!
Lore, you have this awesome talent for changing vegetables into something special. First it was the zucchini cakes, and now these
You are going to be the reason why kids will eat there vegetables, and actually like them 
I got to get back in the roundup, I’m doing the next one… promise
yum! you’re so creative! i can only hope that i’ll be clever enough to create my own recipes some day. what a terrific dish, and i’m especially loving the carrot decorations.
These are delectable, I made them couple of times but ur version sounds good too.Love ur pictures.
Lore, look amazing and tasty!! xGloria
I think cake should always be a side dish for any entree.
I totally have cornmeal love, I do! It’s beautifula and tasty looking!
Cornmeal Love, cute!
I’m a savory kinda gal, these cakes appeal to me!
Brilliant Lore! Sure does take some of the tedium out of a side of vegetables. Cornmeal has great texture and I can almost taste your little cakes as I type this note. Yum.
Cornmeal and mashed potatoes? What a great combo!
Lore, awesome recipe. What a great way to use up those veggies. It looks so pretty as well.
They look delicious Lore and so pretty!
Rosie x
Mikky - Glad you like it sweetie
Ivy - Thanks
Sure, for this recipe you can try using plain yoghurt (from cow’s milk) with about the same fat percentage. Let me know how they turn out, okay?
Notyet100 - Your comment made my day, thank you so much
. I’m still drooling over the mathris you posted this weekend!
Van - You’re right, it’s great way to use up any leftover veggies
Gattina - Thank you
Dhanggit - Thanks, can’t wait to find out how they turn out for you
Cookie - That’s a brilliant idea!
Cakelaw, Usha, Sandie and Lo - Glad you guys like the idea
Rachel - I call it treasure hunting in the pantry, lol. You can leave the peas out if you don’t like them
Duckie - Cool! Let me know if the critters love them or not
Adam - Now that would mean that I actually did something great in this world…a lot of happy moms
Grace - I’m glad you like it
Shibani - Thank you
I’d love to read about your version.
Gloria - Thanks
Dragon and Cathy - I totally agree
Lori Lynn - Hope you’ll make these soon
Sam, JS, Alexa and Rosie - Thank you guys
bookmarked!
TFS Lore