Basbousa/Semolina cake
Basbousa/Semolina cake

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, basbousa/semolina cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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

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.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. 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. Take 1 cup Sugar
  2. Make ready 1 cup Water
  3. Get half Lemon
  4. Take 1 and 1/2 cups Semolina
  5. Prepare 3/4 cup Vegetable oil/butter
  6. Get 1 cup Milk
  7. Get 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  8. Make ready 1 Egg
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup Sugar
  10. Get 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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