SAMOLINA CAKE
    Posted by (manori@emirates.net.ae">Preethi Pandithasekera on February 24, 1999 at 08:42:20
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    1\4 cup butter
    3\4 cup sugar
    1 tsp vanila essence
    2 eggs
    2 cups fine semolina (rulang)
    1 tsp baking powder
    1\2 tsp bicarbonate soda
    3\4 yoghurt
    blanched split almonds

    SYRUP:
    2 cups sugar
    1 1\2 cups water
    1 tbsp lemon juice


    METHOD:

    Cream butter, sugar and vanilla essence until light and
    fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Sift
    semolina, baking powder and soda twice. Fold into
    butter mixture alternately with yoghurt.

    Spread batter into a greased 20x30 cm slab cake pan and
    place almonds on top in rows(four across and seven down)
    Arrange evenly so that when cake is cut, an almond will
    be centred on each piece.

    Bake in a moderate oven for 30-35 minutes until cake is
    cooked.

    While cake cooks make syrup. Dissolve sugar in water over
    medium heat, add lemon juice and bring to the boil.
    Boil rapidly for ten minutes then cool by standing pan
    in cold water.

    When cake is cooked spoon cooled syrup over the hot cake.
    Cool thoroughly and cut into diamond shapes or squares
    to serve.




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