ALMOND ,ORANGE AND SEMOLINA CAKE

ALMOND,ORANGE AND SEMOLINA CAKE

For cake with lemon syrup

You need:

grated rind and juice of 2 unwaxed oranges

200 g icing sugar
250 g unsalted butter
115 g self raising flour
115 g semolina
50 g ground almonds
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs M size
115 sultanas
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Lemon syrup
You need:
200 g granulated sugar
125 ml boiling water
rind and juice of 2 unwaxed lemons,
( thinly peeled with a potato peeler)
6 cardamon pods, shelled and crushed

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1

Pre- heat oven to 160 C
line a 20 cm cake tin with non-stick paper
( base and side)
2
Place the butter, sugar and orange peel in a
bowl and whisk until smooth.
3
Mix separately, flour, baking powder,almonds and
semolina together.
Add to the bowl with the eggs.
Whisk until smooth and increased in volume.
( I use handheld electric whisk )
4
Add sultanas and the fresh orange juice
70 ml minimum.Whisk and pour into the
baking tin.
( make a depression on top of the cake,
this will help your cake not to develop
a domed appearance.)
5
Bake in oven for 40-50 min./ or until
the sides have shrunk slightly.
After baking wait a bit to unmold the
cake on to a large plate.
6
Prepare the lemon sirup.
Place sugar in a small saucepan and
cover with boiling water.( 125 ml)
Stir and add lemon peel,and cardamon.
Simmer for 5 min. until slightly thick.
Add lemon juice, mix well and bring to
a boil.
Pour hot over the cake.
Decorate cake with some dry ed orange/or almond flakes.
Serve with Greek yogurt and fresh fruits.

This cake is more of a dessert cake and not as

dry as a sponge cake.
Serves 6-8