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Sweet-scented namoura — syrup-soaked semolina cake — comes together in a snap and only gets better as it sits. By Mia Leimkuhler Amanda Saab’s namoura (syrup-soaked semolina cake), adapted by Tejal ...

A favorite summer ritual, as a young married couple, was to pick up a peach pie from Marie Callender’s, a famous Los Angeles pie emporium during the 70’s and 80’s every few weeks during summers, piled ...

Semolina is usually enjoyed as porridge or in pudding form but semolina cake is just as delicious as the pudding. Preheat your oven. Grease a baking dish or cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine ...

When semolina cakes come out of the oven, they are not so sweet and are very crumbly, but once they are doused with hot and fragrant syrup, they turn moist and very sweet. The syrup also prevents them ...

This cake, inspired by the great baker Maida Heatter’s recipe, gets hits of lemon three times: zest and juice in the cake, a clear soaking syrup that seeps into the cake and, finally, a creamy, thick ...

It was a magical night by the Aegean Sea in Bodrum. The waves rippled softly, reflecting the light from our hotel. We were mesmerized by the shimmering blue and the sparkling white and silver of the ...

This lovely moist cake has a refreshing flavour of orange blossom and is reasonably economical to make as the main ingredient is plain, everyday semolina. As a finishing touch, I also add a crunch of ...