Basbousa/Semolina cake
Basbousa/Semolina cake

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, basbousa/semolina cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut. This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup.

Basbousa/Semolina cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Basbousa/Semolina cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook basbousa/semolina cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa/Semolina cake:
  1. Get 1 cup Sugar
  2. Make ready 1 cup Water
  3. Prepare half Lemon
  4. Get 1 and 1/2 cups Semolina
  5. Prepare 3/4 cup Vegetable oil/butter
  6. Take 1 cup Milk
  7. Get 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  8. Make ready 1 Egg
  9. Take 1/2 cup Sugar
  10. Make ready 1/2 cup All purpose flour
  11. Get 1 tsp Baking powder
  12. Make ready 9 " inch greased butter Pan with
  13. Get 15-20 nos blanched Almonds

It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup.

Steps to make Basbousa/Semolina cake:
  1. SUGAR SYRUP-Bring water,sugar and half lemon juice till all the sugar gets dissolved in the water.Cool to room temp and store in a glass jar.
  2. Blanch some almonds and keep aside dry.
  3. Take a large bowl and mix all the dry ingredients.
  4. Add in the veg oil and milk and combine the mixture well with a spatula.
  5. Now whisk an egg and vanilla essence into the above mixture. Mix well.
  6. Pour this cake mixture into the greased pan.
  7. Score lines on the mixture with a knife and make a pattern as shown in the picture.
  8. Bake @ 350 deg F for 30 mins.
  9. Take the pan out and cut right through the scored lines on the cake.
  10. Pour the cold sugar syrup onto the hot cake.
  11. Back into oven for another 15 mins.
  12. Cool the cake to room temp or serve hot.

The are perfect with coffee or tea. From Saad Fayed, I love basbousa with coffee after a good meal. They are just enough to add that extra umpf to a meal. The syrup is not too sugary, but sweet enough to satisfy a sweet tooth. Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus.

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