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Ingredients
Semolina cake
- 50 g butter, cut in pieces, plus extra for greasing
- 200 g sugar
- 400 g yoghurt
- 450 g medium wheat semolina
- 150 g fine semolina
- 1 tsp baking powder
Syrup
- 100 g water
- 300 g sugar
- 1 tsp blossom water
- 1 tsp rose water (optional)
- 1 tsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Assembly and baking
- 12 blanched almonds
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1820 kJ / 435 kcal
- Protein
- 7.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 83.8 g
- Fat
- 7.7 g
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