Middle Eastern Cake
From cholena 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 12
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 .
Ingredients
- 100 g halwa - chopped coarsely and shopping list
- 20 g halwa - chopped finely shopping list
- 1 C raw sugar shopping list
- 3 tbsp brown sugar shopping list
- 250 g soft butter shopping list
- lemon and orange zest shopping list
- 4 L egg yolks shopping list
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- 1 C semolina shopping list
- 1 C wheat / atta flour shopping list
- 1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves shopping list
- 4 tsp baking pwd shopping list
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- 150 ml milk shopping list
- 500 g walnuts shopping list
- 3 tbsp ground almonds shopping list
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- 1 C sugar shopping list
- 1 C water shopping list
- 1 tbsp orange food colour water shopping list
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- icing sugar ( optional ) shopping list
How to make it
- 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 ) .
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
sounds great Cholena, thanks for sharing, this one.
magali777
in Mexico loved it
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How delicious, Cholena! This sounds great!
elgab89
in Toronto loved it
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I have never had this so I find this interesting. Sounds delicious!
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