SEMOLINA YOGHURT SYRUP CAKE

An easy, light cake that pairs well with any seasonal fruits!

Prep:
25 minutes
Cook:
40 minutes
Serves:
6-8

Ingredients

For the cake:

200 grams greek yoghurt

125 grams Caster Sugar

225 grams butter melted

270 grams fine semolina

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

50 grams sliced almonds

For the syrup:

200 grams Caster Sugar

150 millilitres water

Juice of 1 lemon

Method

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper

Beat the yoghurt with the sugar, then add the butter, semolina, vanilla and baking powder

Pour the cake mixture into the tin. Sprinkle with almonds and place cake on baking tray (the tray will help with any fat or syrup that may come out of the cake during cooking if using a spring form cake tin). Bake for around 20 minutes, until the cake is just coloured or when a skewer is inserted into the centre and comes out clean

To make the syrup, bring sugar, water and lemon juice to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes or until slightly reduced

Remove cake from the oven. Spoon the syrup over the cake and return it to the oven for a further 5-10 minutes. Cool cake in tin on wire rack

Serve with yoghurt