Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, basbousa(semolina cake). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave. In a large mixing bowl, combine together the sugar and yogurt. Now add in the semolina, baking powder and milk.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook basbousa(semolina cake) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
- Make ready Syrup
- Take 2 1/4 cups sugar
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups water
- Get Juice from 1 lemon (or 2 tablespoon orange juice)
- Take 1 tablespoon honey
- Take Cake
- Get 2 cups semolina
- Prepare 1 cup sugar
- Make ready 1 stick butter, softened
- Prepare 1 cup whole milk
- Take 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Get 1 tablespoon baking soda
- Take 2 eggs
- Prepare Blanched split almonds
The mixture should be fairly thick and easy to press with hands (not thin like cake or brownie batter) Meanwhile mix the syrup ingredients,when the basbousa is baked and nicely golden remove from the oven and directly pour the syrup over the cake, allow to cool before cutting, decorate with coconut or an almond … serve and enjoy the tasty semolina cake 🙂 *If you tried the recipe ; tell me how did you find it 😉 Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina mixture. It is popular throughout Middle Eastern countries as well as North Africa, Iran, Greece and Turkey. In Egypt this is the main dessert served during the feasts and holidays for both Christians and Muslims. A simple basbousa recipe for making a quick cake everyone loves!
Instructions to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
- Prepare syrup first. Dissolve sugar in water in a medium saucepan. Add lemon juice and bring to boil. Once the syrup begins to boil, add in honey. Reduce heat and allow to slowly boil for about 8-10 min. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish.
- Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla.
- In separate bowl, combine semolina, baking powder and baking soda. Slowly add to butter and egg mixture. Stir in milk
- Pour mixture into baking dish and smooth with spoon. Take a butter knife and make diamond shapes. Place an almond in the center of each diamond.
- Bake for 25 min. Remove cake from oven and pour syrup over cake until no more can be absorbed. Allow to cool
A delicious coconut, yogurt and semolina/farina cake that gets sprinkled with nuts and drizzled with syrup to put the final seal of perfection. Basbousa/basboosa is a term in the Middle east that refers to a very sweet semolina - sort of- cake. Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder very well in large bowl. Add yogurt into the mixture, mix well. How to Make Basbousa (Semolina Cake) Cream the butter and the sugar and then beat in the eggs.
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