Recipe: At Home Basbousa (Semolina Cake)

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Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Come See our Unique Cake Gifts! 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.

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.

Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina mixture.

It is popular throughout Middle Eastern countries as well as North Africa, Iran, Greece and Turkey.

You can cook Basbousa (Semolina Cake) using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Basbousa (Semolina Cake)

1. Prepare of Basbousa Cake.

2. Prepare of semovita.

3. It’s of flour.

4. Prepare of baking powder.

5. You need of melted butter.

6. It’s of eggs.

7. Prepare of Sugar (to taste).

8. Prepare of vanilla extract.

9. It’s of full cream Evaporated milk.

10. You need of Sugar syrup.

11. Prepare of sugar.

12. Prepare of water.

13. You need of Lemon juice.

14. Prepare of vanilla extract.

In Egypt this is the main dessert served during the feasts and holidays for both Christians and Muslims.

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.

Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave.

Basbousa (Semolina Cake) instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients: semolina, baking powder and flour. Rub in the melted butter and mix thoroughly..

2. Whisk the liquid ingredients: eggs, milk and vanilla. Add sugar and grated coconut or desiccated coconut. Mix them together. Add water if necessary to make a nice batter..

3. Bake in a preheated oven until done..

4. Make syrup and soaked the cake in it. Leave to rest and sprinkle coconut..

In a large mixing bowl, combine together the sugar and yogurt.

Now add in the semolina, baking powder and milk.

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.

Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other ingredients until mixed well.