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Viewed: 36 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 1 orange
- 4 ounces softened butter
- butter, for greasing
- 4 ounces superfine sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- strained plain yogurt, to serve
- Syrup
- 1 1/4 cups orange juice
- 2/3 cup superfine sugar
- 8 cardamom pods, crushed
Method
- Grate the rind from the orange, reserving some for decoration and squeeze the juice from one half.
- Place butter,orange rind and sugar in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy, gradually beat in eggs.
- In a seperate bowl, mix the semolina, ground almonds and baking powder, then fold in the creamed mixture with the orange juice. Spoon the batter into a greased and base - lined pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven @ 350F, for 30 to 40 minutes or until well risen and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- To make the syrup:
- Place the orange juice, sugar and cardamom pods in a pan over low heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and let simmer for ca. 4 minutes or until syrupy.
- Turn the cake out into a deep serving dish.
- Using a skewer, make holes over the surface of the warm cake.
- Strain the syrup into a separate bowl and spoon 3/4 of it over the cake.
- Dust with confectioners sugar and cut into slices.
