Ingredients
For the cake:
- 4 eggs (separated – white/egg yolk )
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 10 grams of vanilla sugar
- 3/4 cup of canola or vegetable oil
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- Shredded grading orange peel from 2 oranges
For syrup:
- 1 cup of water
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
Let's do it!
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 385 f degrees. In a mixing bowl, whisk in high-speed white eggs adding slowly sugar until it gets firm.
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, semolina, coconut, baking powder, and vanilla sugar.
Add egg yolks, oil, juice, and orange peel to the flour bowl and stir just until smooth.
Add the whipped white eggs and gently folded until everything is well combined.
Transfer batter to 2 greased English molds and bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.
Cool slightly at room temperature and in the meantime make the syrup.
Syrup: In a small saucepan, add water, sugar and lemon juice and bring to a boil.
Cook for another 2-3 minutes after boiling and remove from heat.
Pour the syrup over the cakes generously. Cool completely.
Before serving add powdered sugar on top.
