Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, basbousa/semolina cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut.

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

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have basbousa/semolina cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa/Semolina cake:

1. Take 1 cup Sugar
2. Get 1 cup Water
3. Get half Lemon
4. Make ready 1 and 1/2 cups Semolina
5. Make ready 3/4 cup Vegetable oil/butter
6. Get 1 cup Milk
7. Make ready 1 tsp Vanilla extract
8. Get 1 Egg
9. Get 1/2 cup Sugar
10. Get 1/2 cup All purpose flour
11. Take 1 tsp Baking powder
12. Take 9 " inch greased butter Pan with
13. Prepare 15-20 nos blanched Almonds

Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl. Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other. Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup. The are perfect with coffee or tea.

Instructions 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.

Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup. The are perfect with coffee or tea. How to Make Basbousa - Semolina Cakes With Syrup. Before we lived in Morocco we also lived in Washington DC. I was so blessed to have several Moroccan women friends there who will forever be my angels.

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