Orange Semolina Cake

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Cuisine Greek

Ingredients

Shopping list for the batter

1.5 cup semolina
0.5 cup sugar use to taste: up to 0.25less or more
2 tsp baking soda
0.25-0.5 tsp ground small mastic tears
1.5 cup yogurt
0.5 c milk
1 tbsp lemon juice

Shopping list for the syrup

0.75 cup sugar use to taste: 0.25less or up to 0.75more
1 cup orange juice
3 green cardamom pods optional
1 stick cinnamon optional

Shopping list for garnish (optional)

1 orange halved and sliced
0.5 cup powdered sugar
1 cup ice cream vanilla or orange flavor

Instructions

Syrup

In a small POT, add bring 0.5 cup of water to boil.
Stir in sugar until dissolved.
Optional: Add cardamom or cinnamon.
Mix in orange juice. Return to a boil.
Turn heat to low and cook slowly for about 10 minutes. The syrup shall have thickened but still be runny.
Remove and let cool.

Batter

In a BOWL, mix semolina with sugar, baking soda, and mastic.
Add yogurt, milk, and lemon juice.
With an ELECTRIC MIXER, beat until the batter is creamy.

Bake

Preheat OVEN to 350°F.
Spread a thinly layer of butter onto a BAKING PAN.
Pour the batter into the BAKING PAN.
Bake for about 1 to 1.5 hours until its baked and lightly golden.
If the top turns brown before it fully baked, cover the pan with aluminum foil for the remaining baking time.
Take the BAKING PAN out.
Pour syrup over hot cake.
Let cool.

Serve

Sprinkle cake with powdered sugar.
Serve cake with orange slices and/or ice cream.

Notes

Here are some Greek cake recipes. For all you can add ground mastic tears to the batter to get this special flavor:

Portokalopita - Yogurt-orange-cake with phyllo dough
Ravani - Greek cake with eggs and flour and coconut
Galatopita - Greek custard pie with semolina
Yiaourtopita - Greek yogurt cake with eggs and flour

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