Recipe: Perfect Semolina Cake

Recipe: Perfect Semolina Cake Delicious, fresh and tasty.

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.

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

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.

You can cook Semolina Cake using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Semolina Cake

1. You need of fine semolina flour.

2. Prepare of ghee or butter.

3. You need of sugar.

4. You need of baking powder.

5. Prepare of rosewater.

6. You need of pistachos/slivered almonds for garnish.

7. Prepare of Syrup.

8. You need of sugar.

9. You need of lemon juice.

10. You need of rose water.

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

Semolina flour gives this easy-to-make cake its pleasantly coarse texture and, with an assist from saffron, its lovely yellow hue.

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

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

Semolina Cake instructions

1. MAKE THE CAKE Grease 
an 8-inch round cake pan. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients except the almonds. Add 11/4 cups of warm water 
and mix with a wooden spoon until a thick batter forms. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and let rest at room temperature until set and 
semi-firm, about 30 minutes..

2. Preheat the oven to 325°. Using the tip of a sharp paring knife, score the top of the cake in a diamond pattern, cutting 
1/4 inch deep into the cake. Place a few almond slivers in each diamond, pressing gently to help them adhere. Bake the cake for about 45 minutes, until golden and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a rack 
and let cool for 30 minutes.

3. MEANWHILE, MAKE THE SYRUP In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, lemon juice, rose water and 1/2 cup of water and bring to a simmer. Cook over moderate heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Let cool..

4. Using a sharp paring knife, cut the cake along the score lines all the way to the bottom of the pan. Pour the syrup evenly all over the cake. Let the cake stand for at least 1 hour or overnight to absorb the syrup. Serve with whipped cream..

5. .

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.

I've made this semolina cake a number of times now and it turns out beautifully every time.

The orange flavour, from orange juice, zest and a sweet orange syrup is.

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