Basbousa/Semolina cake
Basbousa/Semolina cake

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Basbousa/Semolina cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Basbousa/Semolina cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Here: ⬇ ⬇ ⬇.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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. Take 1 and 1/2 cups Semolina
  5. Make ready 3/4 cup Vegetable oil/butter
  6. Take 1 cup Milk
  7. Make ready 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  8. Take 1 Egg
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup Sugar
  10. Make ready 1/2 cup All purpose flour
  11. Make ready 1 tsp Baking powder
  12. Take 9 " inch greased butter Pan with
  13. Prepare 15-20 nos blanched Almonds

Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. Basbousa is an Egyptian semolina cake widely spread and loved throughout the Middle East.

Instructions 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.

It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. Basbousa is an Egyptian semolina cake widely spread and loved throughout the Middle East. It is made with semolina, yogurt, butter or ghee and sometimes coconut. From Saad Fayed, I love basbousa with coffee after a good meal. They are just enough to add that extra umpf to a meal.

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