Cream soft fat with half of the sugar. Separate the eggs. Stir in the egg yolks one after the other. Stir orange-back, orange juice, the flour mixed with baking powder, salt, semolina and almond sticks into the fat-yolk-sugar mixture.
Beat the egg whites until stiff and gradually add the remaining sugar. Fold the beaten egg whites into the dough. Grease half of the baking tray. Spread the dough on it. Pinch a strip of aluminium foil and place it in front of the dough.
Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175°/ gas: level 2) for 45 minutes (cover with parchment paper after about 30 minutes). Let it cool down. Bring the sugar to the boil with six to seven tablespoons of water, allow to reduce slightly and stir in the brandy.
Pour the syrup over the cake. Cut the cake into lozenges.