Easiest Way to Blends Delicious Basbousa/Semolina cake

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Easiest Way to Blends Delicious Basbousa/Semolina cake Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Basbousa/Semolina cake. 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.

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.

Basbousa cake is a well known middle eastern dessert made with semolina flour, coconut and yogurt.

You can have Basbousa/Semolina cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Basbousa/Semolina cake

  1. You need of Sugar.

  2. Prepare of Water.

  3. Prepare of Lemon.

  4. Prepare of and 1/2 cups Semolina.

  5. You need of Vegetable oil/butter.

  6. It’s of Milk.

  7. Prepare of Vanilla extract.

  8. It’s of Egg.

  9. It’s of Sugar.

  10. It’s of All purpose flour.

  11. It’s of Baking powder.

  12. Prepare of " inch greased butter Pan with.

  13. It’s of nos blanched Almonds.

The coarse semolina flour gives the cake its signature sandy texture, but its drenched in a flavorful simple syrup which makes it super moist and has a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

A simple basbousa recipe for making a quick cake everyone loves!

Instruction: In a large bowl, transfer the semolina flour, sugar and salt.

Add the buttermilk and the baking soda and the other ingredients, mix the dough making sure that all the ingredients are nicely combined; it should not be runny.

Basbousa/Semolina cake instructions

  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..

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.

Basbusa is a Middle Eastern cake made with semolina wheat.

Versions in Arab-owned bakeries in Israel often seem more confection than cake, perfumed with rose water and soaked in a flood of sweetened milk and/or syrup until the cakes are as dense and sweet as a candy bar.