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ORANGE SEMOLINA CAKE






















Ingredients:

6 Orange 
1 Orange chopped
2 cups semolina
1 cup fresh curd
4 cups  Sugar
1 tablespoon Orange zest
2 pinch salt
1 cup clarified butter(desi ghee)



Preparations:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and grease a cake tin. 
Whiz up a whole orange in a food processor. Make 3 cups of pulps .

In a large bowl beat curd and 2 cups sugar with an electric beater until creamy and sugar are dissolved. 
Do not over beat. Add butter to the above mixture and beat again.
Once light in colour, combine 2 cups orange pulps,half of orange zest,salt and chopped oranges mix well and pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for approximately 45 minutes or check in a skewer if skewer comes out clean the Cake is finally done. Now allow to cool the cake.

for syrup:

Combine the water, 2 cups sugar and orange peels and pulps in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stir to combine, bring to a boil and cook until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat, remove the peels and let the syrup cool. 
Transfer to a dry clean jar. Can be store in refrigerator for month.

Place the cake onto a serving plate and poke holes all over the top with a skewer.Pour the syrup over the top ensuring you get as much as possible into the holes.

Serve with fresh orange and enjoy.

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