extra recipe: Lemon & Cardamom Cake

Because it is Christmas and I just had to do something, I decided to try this recipe I found recently in a magazine:

base:
1/2 cup Plain flour, 2 tbs baking powder, 1 1/4 cups fine semolina, 1 tbs lemon zest, 2 tbs lemon juice, 3 eggs, 3/4 cup olive oil, 1 x 175g cup natural yoghurt, baking paper and butter to grease
syrup:
3 lemons, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cups water, 3 cardamom pods lightly bruised

1. Pre-heat your oven to 180C;
2. Mix oil, yoghurt, eggs, lemon juice and zest in a bowl and mix with a mixer;
3. Place flour, baking powder, semolina and sugar in a large bowl, make a well in the centre and add the egg mixture; Mix everything well with a wooden spoon;
4. Bake for 35/40 minutes or until a straw of pasta inserted in the centre comes out clean.
5. Meanwhile peel the lemons and slice the peel very thinly into long stripes;
6. Place the sugar and water in a bowl and let it simmer. Add the lemon rind and cardamom and let it simmer for 15 minutes or until it is thick;
7. Place your cake in a plate (after is has cooled for a bit) and insert a skewer making holes all over it. Pour your syrup over it and your cake should be ready and pretty to serve!


Merry Christmas!!!
Feliz Natal a todos!