Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, basbousa(semolina cake). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basbousa(semolina cake) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Basbousa(semolina cake) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have basbousa(semolina cake) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
- Get Syrup
- Make ready 2 1/4 cups sugar
- Take 1 1/2 cups water
- Take Juice from 1 lemon (or 2 tablespoon orange juice)
- Prepare 1 tablespoon honey
- Prepare Cake
- Prepare 2 cups semolina
- Get 1 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 stick butter, softened
- Take 1 cup whole milk
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Make ready 1 tablespoon baking soda
- Make ready 2 eggs
- Prepare 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.
Instructions to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
- 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.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish.
- Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla.
- In separate bowl, combine semolina, baking powder and baking soda. Slowly add to butter and egg mixture. Stir in milk
- 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.
- 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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