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Şambali (Semolina Syrup Cake)

Syrup-soaked semolina tray cake with cinnamon

Ingredients

• 1 cup + 2 tbsp water
• 1 cup sugar (for the syrup)
• 1 lemon slice
• 1 cup semolina
• 1 cup yogurt
• ½ cups sugar
• ½ dessert spoons baking soda
• 1 dessert spoon cinnamon
• Butter (for greasing the dish)

Method

1. For the syrup, put 1 cup + 2 tbsp water, 1 cup sugar and the lemon slice in a pot.
2. When the sugar melts and it starts to tremble, take it off the heat; fish out the lemon, squeeze in 1-2 drops of lemon juice, and leave to cool.
3. Whisk 1 cup yogurt with ½ cups sugar.
4. Stir in 1 cup semolina, ½ dessert spoons baking soda and 1 dessert spoon cinnamon.
5. Butter a 20x20 cm glass dish, spread in the batter; bake at 170°C for 20 minutes.
6. When it's out of the oven, cut into thin long slices.
7. Once the first heat has passed, pour over the cold syrup.
8. Let it rest — a few hours, overnight if you can.

Notes

• The syrup goes on cold, once the cake has lost its first heat.
• It drinks up the syrup as it rests; give it a few hours, overnight if you can.
• The cinnamon is mom's touch; classic şambali doesn't have it.

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