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Simple Way to Make Quick Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Rebecca Sandoval

Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, semolina cake (basbousa). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

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