Love Cake

Ingredients

1/2 lb Semolina
1 lb Sugar
1/2 lb Butter
750 g Cashew nuts
6 ozs. Pumpkin Preserve
12 Eggs
1/2 bottle Rose Essence
1/2 bottle Almond Essence
1/2 tsp each of Cardamon, Cloves Cinnamon (in finely powdered)
1/2 tsp grated Nutmeg
Method

• Warm Semolina with a few lime leaves. Add the butter to it and heat until well mixed. keep overnight.

• Beat egg yolks with sugar until nice and creamy with air bubbles forming.

• Remove lime leaves from semolina. Add semolina and butter mixture to the egg and sugar mixture and beat well.

• Add cashew nuts (cut) and mix well. Next add pumpkin preserve (cut).

• Add Spices and essences and lime rind.

• Beat 8 egg whites until nice and fluffy and gradually add to cake mixture. Do not make it too watery.

• Line tray with news paper, final layer buttered oil paper

• Bake in slow oven.