Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, semolina cake (basbousa). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina flour. It is popular throughout the 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. Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave.

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

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

Stir in yogurt and milk until blended and smooth. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and smooth surface. Add in vanilla and cinnamon stick. Authentic Egyptian basbousa recipe that is soft and stays soft.

Instructions 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.
  17. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Add in vanilla and cinnamon stick. 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. Making the Basbousa: Melt the butter in the microwave or on the stove.

So that’s going to wrap it up for this exceptional food semolina cake (basbousa) recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I’m sure you can make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!