Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

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This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Take Basbousa
  2. Take 2.25 cups semolina flour
  3. Make ready 1.15 cups sugar
  4. Prepare 3 tablespoon butter (room temp)
  5. Get 1.15 cups natural yoghurt
  6. Take 0.4 cups desicated coconut
  7. Take 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
  8. Take 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  9. Get Whole almonds / hazelnuts
  10. Make ready Syrup
  11. Take 1-1.5 cup sugar
  12. Make ready 1-1.5 cup water
  13. Make ready 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  14. Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
  15. Make ready 2-3 cloves

Basbousa is an Egyptian semolina cake widely spread and loved throughout the Middle East. It is made with semolina, yogurt, butter or ghee and sometimes coconut. Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup. The are perfect with coffee or tea.

Steps to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Preheat oven to 175°C
  2. Start by making the syrup. Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat on low to medium temperature.
  3. Add the lemon juice as it starts to simmer
  4. Then add the cinnamon and clove.
  5. Once the consistency is syrup like, remove from heat and allow to cool by placing sauce pan in cold water bath.
  6. Put semonlia flour, sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
  7. Mix altogether.
  8. Melt the butter by placing in a microwave proof bowl for 10 - 20 seconds.
  9. Add the melted butter, yoghurt and coconut to the mixture
  10. Using the tips of your fingers, mix the ingredients together.
  11. Using a brush, spread the tahini to cover the base and sides of flan dish
  12. Spoon the mixture into the flan dish and level using the back of a spoon
  13. Place in oven for 15 minutes. Then remove and place whole almonds or hazelnuts so that they rest on the top of the cake.
  14. Return to oven for a further 20 minutes until the cake is golden brown in colour
  15. Add the now cooled syrup to the cake and allow it to rest in the flan dish.
  16. Typically leave it to soak up the syrup for around 20 minutes and that's it ready to enjoy.

How to Make Basbousa - Semolina Cakes With Syrup. Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus. It's one of the variations basbousa - traditional Middle East sweet cake. For the first time I tried shamali at one of. This semolina cake is an Egyptian and Middle Eastern delicacy that is served during special occasions.

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