Julien Vilder’s Kitchen

Lebanese turmeric cake

Sfouf

Sfouf is a typical middle eastern cake made with semolina flavoured with orange blossom water and turmeric which give sit a vibrant yellow colour. The cake is perfect for Eid and comes together quite easily. The key is letting it rest before baking it for at least one hour.

⏰Prep Time: 10 min ⏲️Cooktime: 20-30 min 🍽️Servings: 24 pieces

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup fine semolina
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 oil
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp orange blossom water
• 2 tbs tahini

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C)
2. In a large bowl sift, flour, semolina, salt, baking powder and turmeric.
3. In another bowl combine sugar, milk, orange blossom water and vegetable oil.
4. Incorporeat the wet mixture to the dry one and whisk to fully combine the ingredients .
5. Brush a 11″ by 7″ cake pan with tahini to prevent the cake from sticking.
6. Pour the batter into the tahini-greased pan and let the cake sit fro at least one hour
7. place almonds and inch apart on top of the cake right before baking.
8. Bake at 350F (180C) for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
9. let it cool fully then cut into 2 inch squares with a serrated knife.