Prune And Semolina Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted prunes (170 grams)
• 125 g unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 3/4 cup fine semolina
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon rose water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 190 degrees centigrade (moderately hot).
• 2 grease a 20 cm round cake tin and line base with paper; grease paper.
• 3 2. cover prunes with boiling water, let stand 10 minutes or until soft; drain well.
• 4 3. cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until pale in colour. beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 4. stir in sifted flour, semolina and juice.
• 6 5. spread two-thirds of mixture over base of prepared pan, top with prunes, spread with remaining cake mixture.
• 7 6. bake in moderate oven about 50 minutes or until cooked through.
• 8 7. when cake is nearly cooked, make syrup by combining sugar and water in pan and stirring over heat (without boiling) until sugar is dissolved. bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes. lastly stir in rosewater.
• 9 8. turn onto wire rack, turn cake right side up and place rack on a tray.
• 10 9. pour hot syrup over hot cake, cool serve dusted with icing sugar if desired.