Cream Of Wheat Cake
- 1/2 cup butter, unsalted
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups cream of wheat, uncooked
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup plain yogurt (not low fat, use regular or it'll be too moist)
- blanched split almonds (garnish)
- syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (if using concentrated juice in a bottle, add a little water or it'll be too strong)
- Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla extract together in a medium bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift the cream of wheat with the baking powder and baking soda two times, then fold into the butter mix alternately with the yogurt.
- Grease a 8x12 inch pan and fold the batter into it evenly.
- Arrange the almonds along the top so that each half will be in the center of a piece when it's cut, you should have about 4 almonds across and 7 almonds down.
- Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, make the syrup by dissolving the sugar into the water in a small heavy saucepan over high heat until it begins to boil.
- Add the lemon juice.
- Turn the heat down to med-high, and boil rapidly about 10 minutes, then cool by standing the pan in a larger pan of cold water.
- When the cake is cooled, cut as desired.
- We usually make diamond shapes or squares, and serve by spooning the syrup over the cake.
- If desired, thick whipped cream can be served over top instead, or a bit of honey syrup.
butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, cream of wheat, baking powder, baking soda, plain yogurt, almonds, syrup, sugar, water, lemon juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-of-wheat-cake-72935 (may not work)