Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake
Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, basbousa (nammoura) sweet cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basbousa (also namoura, revani, hareseh and other names) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt, although it is also popular in other countries. Basbousa is dessert made from coarse semolina, and means small kiss in Arabic. Also known as Hareeseh, as well as Nammoura, it is a very easy dish to make.

Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook basbousa (nammoura) sweet cake using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake:
  1. Get 2 Cups semolina
  2. Take 1 cup sugar
  3. Take 1 cup powdered milk
  4. Take 1 Cup cream
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  6. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  7. Prepare 1 pack thick cream
  8. Take Milk
  9. Take 1/4 cup warm milk

Basbousa, an Egyptian semolina cake with yogurt is one of the best Egyptian desserts that comes out fairly quick. Basbousa/basboosa is a term in the Middle east that refers to a very sweet semolina - sort of- cake. Verbally in Arabic we can call our loved ones "basbousa", I sometimes call my little kid. A sweet semolina cake topped with flavoured sugar syrup.

Steps to make Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake:
  1. Mix all the ingredients together until you soften the mix. Note: do not mix the 1/4 cup warm milk in this step.
  2. I used a cupcake pan but certainly you can use a glass pan or cake pan. First layer: With one big spoon place the dough in the pan. If you are using a glass whole plan, divide the mix by half. Place the first half into your pan.
  3. I added my thick cream in top of my first layer.
  4. Now for the last layer, add your 1/4 of warm milk to the remaining mix and continue mixing until it soften. Then pour it in top of your cream layer.
  5. Pre-heat your oven to 180C (355F) bake for 15 mins, broil for 5-7 mins until golden. (If using a whole pan, probably you will need to broil for additional mins just keep an eye)
  6. Pour your favorite syrup in top (Sugar, Condensed milk…) and enjoy it

Very easy to make, it is known by different names in different parts of the Arabic world - Nammoura in Lebanon, Basbousa in Egypt, Harissa in Syria and Revani in Turkey and Greece. At the top of that list, Nammoura (Basbousa). It is a simple semolina cake, soaked in syrup and gracefully adorned with blanched almonds. Nammoura is your best choice when you are ready for an extra sweet treat. This cake is very popular all over the Middle East and every country makes it slightly different.

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