Recipe

Middle Eastern Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cholena / All my dishes 2 months, 2 weeks ago The word HALWA in Arabic means sweet . It is a sweet confection with gritty dry chewy texture , very popular in Middle east and Asia . Go for it , if you have a sweet tooth . The texture itself will tease you . Prep:15m Cook:60m Servings:12	Cholena
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Ingredients

100 g halwa - chopped coarsely and

20 g halwa - chopped finely

1 C raw sugar

3 tbsp brown sugar

250 g soft butter

lemon and orange zest

4 L egg yolks

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1 C semolina

1 C wheat / atta flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

4 tsp baking pwd

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150 ml milk

500 g walnuts

3 tbsp ground almonds

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1 C sugar

1 C water

1 tbsp orange food colour water

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Icing sugar ( optional )

Directions

Pre heat oven at 190 deg C .

Coat the cake tin with the 20 g fine halwa .

Beat the sugar , soft butter and the zest until thick and pale .

Add the egg yolks in and beat well .

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In a separate bowl mix all the dry ing.

Add to the butter with milk

Now add in the nuts and halwa

Mix well .

Bake 50 mins .

Cool for 10 mins .

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Boil the sugar and water for 5 mins

Add the orange colour in .

Pour over cake .

Sprinkle icing sugar on top ( optional ) .

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Comments

magali777 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds great Cholena, thanks for sharing, this one.

angieaugusta 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Halwa cake.....wow great idea....thx gal......

elgab89 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
How delicious, Cholena! This sounds great!

ttaaccoo 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I don't understand the 1st 2 ingredients: halwa coarsely chopped is it like tahini ? and the 2nd is halwa crushed finely.

Please enlighten me. your friend, trish

bluewaterandsand 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I have never had this so I find this interesting. Sounds delicious!

danadooley 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
WOW! Love your new avatar! Very interesting recipe. Thanks for sharing :)

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