Recipe: Perfect Semolina Cake

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Semolina Cake. Fold in cake flour, semolina flour, and chopped almonds. Arrange orange slices in a single layer and generously dust with confectioners. Sift together the flour, semolina flour, and baking powder.

The start-to-finish time is long, but this tender-crumbed, syrup-soaked cake, very loosely based on Lebanese sfouf, is simple to make and requires little hands-on effort.

We toast the semolina, coconut and cornmeal to heighten the flavors and aromas, then after cooling, we allow them to hydrate in a mixture of yogurt, tahini and water.

Semolina is durum wheat that is more coarsely ground than regular wheat flours.

You can cook Semolina Cake using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Semolina Cake

1. You need 250 g of semolina.

2. It’s 125 g of plain flour.

3. Prepare 150 g of sugar.

4. It’s 200 g of butter.

5. It’s 6 of eggs.

6. Prepare 3 tsp of baking powder.

7. You need 120 ml of orange juice.

8. You need 175 g of almond powder.

9. It’s 1 tsp of vanilla essence.

10. It’s 1 tsp of orange zest.

11. It’s 1 pinch of salt.

Therefore, semolina can cause the cake to have somewhat of a coarse texture (especially if you don't use fine semolina, which this recipe calls for).

But this flavor combination, as well as the citrus syrup, results in a delicious and moist dessert.

Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder very well in large bowl.

Basbousa cake is a well known middle eastern dessert made with semolina flour, coconut and yogurt.

Semolina Cake instructions

1. Sift dry ingredients. Separate the egg whites from the yolks..

2. Cream the butter and sugar until the sugar dissolved and add in vanilla and yolks one at a time..

3. Stir in the plain flour, baking powder, semolina with orange. When mixing in the ingredients alternate the ingredient until the measured ingredients are finished..

4. Then fold the almond powder into the mixture..

5. Whisk egg whites till stiff. Then fold the egg whites into the mixture..

6. Pour the mixture into a greased baking tin. (18-20 cm square).

7. Bake over moderate temperature till cook. (45 minutes).

The coarse semolina flour gives the cake its signature sandy texture, but its drenched in a flavorful simple syrup which makes it super moist and has a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave.

In a large mixing bowl, combine together the sugar and yogurt.

Now add in the semolina, baking powder and milk.

I just adore this Greek Orange Semolina Cake, with its sunny citrus flavour (please tell me I'm not the only person who describes citrus as 'sunny') and luxuriously soft and moist texture, this cake is a must try.