Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, semolina cake (basbousa). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something which I have loved my entire life.

Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina flour. It is popular throughout the 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. In a large bowl, combine semolina flour, sugar, vanilla, baking powder and coconut.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):

1. Prepare 2 cups Fine Semolina or Rawa
2. Get 1 cup Yoghurt
3. Prepare 1 cup Sugar
4. Take 1/2 cup melted unsalted Butter
5. Make ready 2 Eggs
6. Take 1/3rd cup Milk
7. Get 1/4 th cup dessicated Coconut
8. Take 1 teaspoon Baking powder
9. Get 1 teaspoon Almond essence/Vanilla essence
10. Make ready As needed crushed assorted nuts and coconut flakes to garnish
11. Make ready For the Sugar Syrup
12. Get 1 cup Sugar
13. Prepare 1 cup Water
14. Take 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
15. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Orange blossom water/rose water

Now add in the semolina, baking powder and milk. Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder very well in large bowl. Add yogurt into the mixture, mix well. Authentic Egyptian basbousa recipe that is soft and stays soft.

Instructions to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):

1. In a mixing bowl add sugar and yoghurt.Mix well.
2. Now add semolina, baking powder and milk.Mix well.
3. Add melted butter and almond or vanilla essence. Give it a mix.
4. Add 2 eggs and mix well with a spatula.
5. At last add dessicated coconut and mix. The batter should be a little thick in consistency.
6. Grease a 9 inch round baking dish with little oil.
7. Pour the batter into the pan and tap 2- 3 times to remove any bubbles.
8. Pre heat oven at 200 degree C for 10 minutes.
9. Bake basbousa at 200 degrees for 1st 10 minutes.
10. Then reduce the temperature to 180 degree and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top becomes golden brown.
11. When cake is baking, add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a pan and heat.
12. Add lemon juice, orange blossom water and mix.
13. Cook for 10 minutes to make a thin sugar syrup.
14. When the cake becomes golden, take out from the oven and pour the warm prepared sugar syrup over the hot cake.
15. Let it soak for 10 to 15 minutes.
16. Remove from cake tin and garnish with coconut flakes and crushed nuts.
17. Enjoy with family and friends as dessert.
18. Very soft and moist texture. Bon appetit.

Add yogurt into the mixture, mix well. Authentic Egyptian basbousa recipe that is soft and stays soft. 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. Making the Basbousa: Melt the butter in the microwave or on the stove.

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