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Vegan Semolina Cake with Candied Oranges
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Category
Dessert
Servings
4-6
Prep Time
45 minutes
Cook Time 🍳
45 minutes
Chef
Chef Jeremy
Chef Jeremy here, this cake takes inspiration from an Italian almond torta and an Algerian Basboussa. It is a delightful way to combine citrus and almonds. This is a cake that I could eat again and again and again!! The candied oranges are probably my favorite part and I use them for all sorts of purposes in the kitchen!

Ingredients 🍲
- 420 grams (2 cups + 2 tablespoons) sugar
- 400 grams (1 ¾ cups) water
- 3 blood oranges
- 56 grams (3 Tablespoons) pomegranate molasses
- Pinch of saffron
- 130 grams (1 cup + 1 tablespoon) cake flour
- 130 grams (¾ cup) semolina
- 9 grams (2 teaspoons) baking powder
- 1 gram (1 teaspoon) cardamom
- 2 grams (½ teaspoon) salt
- 170 grams (¾ cup) unsalted vegan butter
- 70 grams (¼ cup) marzipan
- 200 grams (1 cup) sugar
- 5 grams (1 teaspoon) vanilla extract
- 5 grams (1 teaspoon) almond extract
- 250 grams (1 cup) vegan yogurt
- 185 grams (¾ cup) oat milk
- 2 blood oranges
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Medium saucepan
- Whisk
- Medium mixing bowls
- Rubber spatula/wooden spoon
- 9” cake pan
- Parchment paper
- Offset spatula
- Presentation plate
- Kosher salt
❄ Please keep refrigerated before class ❄
For the Candied Oranges 🍊
For the Cake 🍰
Mise en Place 🥄
Directions 📝
Make the Candied Oranges 🍊
- Preheat your oven to 350F.
- Slice 3 blood oranges into thin rounds (ideally, ⅛” thick but get as close as possible)
- In a medium saucepan, bring the water, sugar, pomegranate molasses and saffron to a simmer.
- Once the sugar is dissolved, add in all of your orange wheels and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the pith of the orange becomes slightly translucent
- Remove the oranges and allow to drain off on a paper towel lined plate
- Don’t discard the syrup, it makes a great cocktail mixer!!
How to Make the Cake 🍰
- Grease and line a 8” cake pan with parchment paper.
- Layer in the candied orange pieces over the bottom of the pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together the semolina, cake flour, baking powder, salt, and cardamom.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the vegan butter and marzipan until smooth.
- Beat in the sugar, zest of two oranges, vanilla, and almond extract.
- Mix in the vegan yogurt until smooth and well combined.
- Alternate adding the oat milk and flour mixture in two additions starting with the dry and ending with the wet.
- Transfer to the prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes or until golden brown and the edges have begun to pull away from the pan.
- Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake to release and then flip onto a presentation plate.
- Enjoy every bite of this cake with either coffee or tea!!
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