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Sri Lankan Love Cake

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 200 gms Semolina
  • 125 gms room temp unsalted Butter
  • 2 Egg Whites
  • 6 Egg yolks with
  • 250 gms Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Honey
  • 200 gms broken Cashew nuts
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
  • 1 tsp Rose Water
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom essence
  • 100 gms Pumpkin preserve
  • 1/4 tsp grated Nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp grated Lime zest

Method
 

  1. Heat the semolina till it is warm and fragrant and then take off the heat for a few minutes
  2. Add the butter and mix
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites till stiff and leave aside
  4. In another bowl, cream the egg yolks and sugar till creamy
  5. Fold in the semolina & butter mixture and fold
  6. Add the honey, cashew nuts, cinnamon powder, vanilla & cardamom essence and rose water
  7. Add the pumpkin preserve, grated nutmeg and lime zest
  8. Fold everything together
  9. Fold in the stiff egg whites
  10. Scrape into a prepared pan and bake for 1 hr at 350 F
  11. Halfway through cover with foil and continue baking