Semolina Cake (eurasian Recipe)

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 350 g butter
• 275 g caster sugar
• 250 g semolina flour
• 55 g all-purpose flour
• 50 g crystallized melon pieces, chopped (optional)
• 1 piece candied orange peel, diced
• 110 g almonds, chopped
• 15 egg yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon spices
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 tablespoons

Recipe

• 1 mix together semolina, flour, chopped crystallised melon (optional), orange peel and mixed spices.
• 2 whip egg yolks with half the sugar till light and fluffy.
• 3 cream butter with the rest of the sugar together with vanilla flavour.
• 4 fold in the creamed egg yolk mixture.
• 5 add the mixed dry ingredients and .
• 6 stir lightly till well mixed.
• 7 turn batter into a lined and greased 9 inch cake tin.
• 8 bake in a preheated oven at 175ºc for one hour to 60 minutes until golden in colour.
• 9 you can also test if it is done by inserting a skewer into the cake.
• 10 it's done when the stick comes out clean.