School-Skive Semolina Cake

As a child, whenever I was unwell and had to stay home from school, my mother would always reach into her apothecary drawers and bring out the semolina. It was warming, nutty and completely comforting, and this cake is an elegant version of all of those things. I added the gold leaf and the green cardamon to give it a dinner-party finesse, but at its heart, semolina will always be plain comfort to me.