Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, semolina cake (basbousa). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. Basbousa (also namoura, revani, hareseh and other names) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt, although it is also popular in other countries. Simple Chocolate Cake without Oven - کیک شکلات بدون فر یا داش.

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

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

Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other. Before we lived in Morocco we also lived in Washington DC. I was so blessed to have several Moroccan women friends there who will forever be my angels. Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus.

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.
  17. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

I was so blessed to have several Moroccan women friends there who will forever be my angels. 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. Basbousa is a dessert or sweet cake made of semolina soaked in sugar syrup.

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