Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, semolina cake (basbousa). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Make ready Fine Semolina or Rawa
  2. Prepare Yoghurt
  3. Take Sugar
  4. Get melted unsalted Butter
  5. Get Eggs
  6. Make ready cup Milk
  7. Get cup dessicated Coconut
  8. Make ready Baking powder
  9. Take Almond essence/Vanilla essence
  10. Prepare crushed assorted nuts and coconut flakes to garnish
  11. Prepare For the Sugar Syrup
  12. Make ready Sugar
  13. Get Water
  14. Take Lemon juice
  15. Make ready Orange blossom water/rose water
Instructions to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. In a mixing bowl add sugar and yoghurt.Mix well.
  2. Now add semolina, baking powder and milk.Mix well.
  3. Add melted butter and almond or vanilla essence. Give it a mix.
  4. Add 2 eggs and mix well with a spatula.
  5. At last add dessicated coconut and mix. The batter should be a little thick in consistency.
  6. Grease a 9 inch round baking dish with little oil.
  7. Pour the batter into the pan and tap 2- 3 times to remove any bubbles.
  8. Pre heat oven at 200 degree C for 10 minutes.
  9. Bake basbousa at 200 degrees for 1st 10 minutes.
  10. Then reduce the temperature to 180 degree and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top becomes golden brown.
  11. When cake is baking, add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a pan and heat.
  12. Add lemon juice, orange blossom water and mix.
  13. Cook for 10 minutes to make a thin sugar syrup.
  14. When the cake becomes golden, take out from the oven and pour the warm prepared sugar syrup over the hot cake.
  15. Let it soak for 10 to 15 minutes.
  16. Remove from cake tin and garnish with coconut flakes and crushed nuts.
  17. Enjoy with family and friends as dessert.
  18. Very soft and moist texture. Bon appetit.
  19. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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