Revani Greek Semolina Cake

Name: Revani Greek Semolina Cake
Yield: Serves 8-10
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: zest and juice of 1 lemon; 100 ml honey; 3 medium eggs; 100 g caster sugar; 250 g semolina; 150 g coconut oil, plus extra for greasing; 1 large unwaxed orange; 3 tsp baking powder; 100 g ground almonds; 2 cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 4 thyme sprigs; 3 tsp pistachios, finely chopped; 2 tsp rose petal jam or orange marmalade; 1 tsp lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

This cake transports me straight back to my grandmother’s kitchen.

Ingredients

150 g coconut oil, plus extra for greasing
250 g semolina
100

Europe
Greece
Cake
Vegetarian
Baking
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Line the base of a 24cm loose-bottomed round cake tin with baking paper, then grease with coconut oil.

Mix the semolina, sugar, almonds and baking powder together in a bowl.

Cut the orange into small pieces, removing any pips,