Basbousa/Semolina cake
Basbousa/Semolina cake

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, basbousa/semolina cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basbousa/Semolina cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Basbousa/Semolina cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

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. This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook basbousa/semolina cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa/Semolina cake:
  1. Get Sugar
  2. Get Water
  3. Get Lemon
  4. Take and 1/2 cups Semolina
  5. Prepare Vegetable oil/butter
  6. Get Milk
  7. Prepare Vanilla extract
  8. Get Egg
  9. Prepare Sugar
  10. Make ready All purpose flour
  11. Get Baking powder
  12. Get " inch greased butter Pan with
  13. Take nos blanched Almonds

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. Basbousa (Benito Martin) Source: Benito Martin. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make.

Steps to make Basbousa/Semolina cake:
  1. SUGAR SYRUP-Bring water,sugar and half lemon juice till all the sugar gets dissolved in the water.Cool to room temp and store in a glass jar.
  2. Blanch some almonds and keep aside dry.
  3. Take a large bowl and mix all the dry ingredients.
  4. Add in the veg oil and milk and combine the mixture well with a spatula.
  5. Now whisk an egg and vanilla essence into the above mixture. Mix well.
  6. Pour this cake mixture into the greased pan.
  7. Score lines on the mixture with a knife and make a pattern as shown in the picture.
  8. Bake @ 350 deg F for 30 mins.
  9. Take the pan out and cut right through the scored lines on the cake.
  10. Pour the cold sugar syrup onto the hot cake.
  11. Back into oven for another 15 mins.
  12. Cool the cake to room temp or serve hot.
  13. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Basbousa (Benito Martin) Source: Benito Martin. 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 Middle Eastern moist cake-like sweet or dessert using semolina/suji/cream of wheat, baked and soaked in a sugar syrup, either flavored with orange blossom or rose water. Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus.

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