Russian Semolina Cake (Mannik)

Elena Butuc

This recipe was automatically translated from Romanian. View original here

I tested this semolina cake with you at the cooking workshop and it was very appreciated by everyone. It is a traditional Russian baking, which is cooked on any occasion as a bread, cake (if you put some filling and topping). It has a very porous texture and is soft and fragile, it will surely please even the most capricious - in addition it cooks very simply, without special techniques and super ingredients.

The filling can be different - nuts, chocolate, raisins, dried fruit, etc. - on top go greased with jam, melted chocolate, or simply with powdered sugar.

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Ingredients

Metric US

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Semolina

1 cup

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Buttermilk/Youghurt/Kefir

1 cup

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Sugar

1 cup

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Butter

100 g

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Egg

2 pieces

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Salt

0.25 tsp

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White flour

1 cup

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Baking powder

10 g

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Vanilla Extract

1 tbsp

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Dark chocolate

100 g

for the filling

Step by step

Step 1

Put the semolina in a bowl, add the kefir and mix well so that they are not lumpy.

Let this composition soak the semolina well for about 2 hours.

Step 2

After this time you will notice that the composition will thicken well.

Step 3

Melt the butter and mix with the sugar.

Step 4

Add this composition to the semolina with kefir and mix well.

Then add eggs and salt, mix well.

Step 5

And the last one is flour mixed with baking powder, vanilla and chocolate cut into small pieces.

Mix well with the target.

Step 6

Pour the dough into a tray lined with baking paper (here I have a silicone tray, so do not spread it and do not grease it with anything) and put it in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.