Semolina Cake with Orange Flower Syrup

Name: Semolina Cake with Orange Flower Syrup
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; ⅛ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon orange flower water; 1 teaspoon rose water; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 3 cups semolina flour (about 1 pound; available in health food stores and Middle Eastern markets); 1½ cups plain yogurt; 16 pine nuts; 3 tablespoons water; ¼ teaspoon orange flower water; 1½ cups sugar

Preparation info

Makes one 8 inch single-layer cake; serves
16

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

This is a wonderful Middle Eastern cake—simple to make, very different in composition from Western butter cakes, and low in fat. It’s made with semolina and yogurt and infused with fragrant orange flower syrup after it’s baked. Surprisingly, it isn’t cloyingly sweet, perfect with tea for a midafternoon snack.

Ingredients

Semolina Cake

1½ cups sugar
1½ cups plain yogurt
3 cups</

Dessert
Cake
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

SEMOLINA CAKE: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly butter an 8-inch square baking pan; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the sugar and yogurt;