Basbousa(semolina cake)
Basbousa(semolina cake)

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This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Here: ⬇ ⬇ ⬇. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make.

Basbousa(semolina cake) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Basbousa(semolina cake) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook basbousa(semolina cake) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
  1. Make ready Syrup
  2. Get 2 1/4 cups sugar
  3. Take 1 1/2 cups water
  4. Take Juice from 1 lemon (or 2 tablespoon orange juice)
  5. Prepare 1 tablespoon honey
  6. Take Cake
  7. Make ready 2 cups semolina
  8. Get 1 cup sugar
  9. Prepare 1 stick butter, softened
  10. Take 1 cup whole milk
  11. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  12. Get 1 tablespoon baking powder
  13. Take 1 tablespoon baking soda
  14. Prepare 2 eggs
  15. Take Blanched split almonds

They are just enough to add that extra umpf to a meal. The syrup is not too sugary, but sweet enough to satisfy a sweet tooth. It is basically semolina cake that has been soaked in a sugar/honey syrup. This dessert is supposed to be really sweet and it tastes best that way, but you can adjust the quantity of sugar that goes into the.

Steps to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
  1. Prepare syrup first. Dissolve sugar in water in a medium saucepan. Add lemon juice and bring to boil. Once the syrup begins to boil, add in honey. Reduce heat and allow to slowly boil for about 8-10 min. Remove from heat and set aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish.
  3. Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla.
  4. In separate bowl, combine semolina, baking powder and baking soda. Slowly add to butter and egg mixture. Stir in milk
  5. Pour mixture into baking dish and smooth with spoon. Take a butter knife and make diamond shapes. Place an almond in the center of each diamond.
  6. Bake for 25 min. Remove cake from oven and pour syrup over cake until no more can be absorbed. Allow to cool

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. 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.

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