The semolina bakes into a crunchy layer on the top and bottom but stays moist and delicate within.
Ingredients
Serves 8
Syrup:
Cake and assembly:
Syrup:
Step 1
Bring bay leaves, sugar, salt, and 1/2 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan, stirring occasionally to dissolve sugar, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Pluck out bay leaves; let cool.
Cake and assembly:
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9"-diameter cake pan. Whisk semolina, sugar, baking powder, orange zest, cardamom, and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk yogurt and milk in a large bowl. Mix in dry ingredients, then 3/4 cup butter. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake cake until golden brown and firm, 55–65 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cake cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn a plate over top of pan and invert cake. Using a cake tester or toothpick, poke holes all over cake; gradually pour all but 1/4 cup bay leaf syrup over, letting it soak in. Let sit 30 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, remove peel and white pith from oranges. Slice into 1/4"-thick rounds; remove seeds. Combine in a medium bowl with remaining bay leaf syrup; let sit, tossing occasionally, at least 20 minutes. Taste and add lemon juice as needed.
Step 4
Serve cake with oranges in syrup.
Do Ahead
Step 5
Cake can be baked 2 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature.
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评论(2)
Back to TopVery good, and very easy.
Nancy Hall
Long Beach, CA
9/6/2020
The only problem with this recipe is that the baking time is wrong. I baked it for 55 minutes at 350F and it came out very, very hard and basically burned. I made it again and only baked it for 40 minutes, plus 1-2 minutes of broiling to get some color and it was perfect. The cake is delicious (especially after putting the syrup and oranges on top). I also didnt bother turning it around since the color was already great. I checked semolina cakes on other sites as well and they all ask for 35-40 minutes in the oven.
loraine_buelhoff
Miami, FL
11/28/2016