Namurrah Or Cream Of Wheat Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups cream of wheat, uncooked
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups yogurt, plain
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup almonds, slivered or sliced
• 1 cup coconut, shredded (optional)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon orange blossom water (optional) or 1/8 teaspoon orange essence (optional)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 butter or grease a 9" x 13" pan and preheat oven to 425f (note: use an 8" x 8" pan for a half recipe).
• 2 in a large bowl, stir dry ingredients, the cream of wheat, sugar, baking powder, until well combined--then add yogurt and vanilla (and coconut, if desired) and stir until thoroughly blended.
• 3 pour into prepared cake pan and sprinkle with almonds.
• 4 bake about 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 5 while baking, heat 1 c sugar and 1/2 c water to boiling on stove and remove from heat after it boils for a minute or two--then stir in the lemon juice (and orange blossom water or essence).
• 6 when cake is still warm, pour syrup over top.
• 7 serve warm or cold.