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In honor of my very first corn-based food item, I thought it would be more than appropriate to make a cake to celebrate the occasion. I made Amazing Corn Cake also to celebrate the first week of school back at St. Thomas. Amazing Corn Cake has a delightful taste similar to corn bread and a muffin blended into one. Butter is a wonderful complement to this piece, although not a requirement.

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 30 min

Ready in: 50 min

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees F (or 175 degrees C)

Ingredients:

• 1 (14.75 ounce) can cream-style corn
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Note: I am still a college student, and had to get a little creative with my ingredient containers.

Directions

In a medium size bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

2 1/4 cups flour (I used whole wheat flour to be a wee bit healthier)

1 tablespoon baking powder,

1 teaspoon baking soda,

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

and 1 teaspoon salt

I chose not to add salt, but always bake to your liking. Be sure mix dry ingredients first (except the sugar) to prevent lumps in the mixture.

In a mixing bowl, combine corn and sugars

1 (14.75 ounce) can cream-style corn

My grocery store did not have the creamed corn the recipe calls for, so I made my own cream-style corn with a small carton of heavy whipping cream and a can of corn (how easy is that?)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar and

3/4 cup white sugar

Another advantage of being a college student is that I have no mixer, automatic or hand-held, so I am forced to whisk my ingredients together by hand.

Beat in eggs and oil till well blended. I like to beat my eggs before adding them to anything else so that the yoke doesn’t cause any trouble while mixing.

3 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

The Oil is a little hard to see, but it’s there!

Mix flour mixture into batter.

Now we’re starting to get a the perfect consistency of cake!

Stir in raisins and nuts.

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

The corn mixture is complete! Now to turn the batter into cake.

Reminder: Did you already preheat the over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit?

Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan

Pour batter into greased 9 x 13 inch pan.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or till you can insert a tooth pick in the middle of the cake and remove the toothpick without wet batter dripping off. Another way to check if your cake is done is . . .

If it looks perfect when cut into like this:

I hope you enjoy your Amazing Corn Cake. Celebrate corn with this tasty little treat!