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Namoura (Semolina Cake)
Dessert

Namoura (Semolina Cake)

Serves 12 Dessert

A go-to recipe from my personal kitchen notebook — structured for clarity so it’s easy to cook from your laptop, tablet, or phone.

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Dessert

Servings

12

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Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups semolina
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup ghee
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp tahini
  • ¼ cup almonds
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp orange blossom water
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix batter and let rest.

  2. 2

    Make simple syrup by boiling sugar, water, orange blossom water, and lemon juice.

  3. 3

    Bake cake, pour syrup over hot cake, let cool before serving.