Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, basbousa(semolina cake). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started 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):

1. Make ready Syrup
2. Prepare 2 1/4 cups sugar
3. Make ready 1 1/2 cups water
4. Take Juice from 1 lemon (or 2 tablespoon orange juice)
5. Prepare 1 tablespoon honey
6. Take Cake
7. Take 2 cups semolina
8. Make ready 1 cup sugar
9. Get 1 stick butter, softened
10. Take 1 cup whole milk
11. Take 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
12. Make ready 1 tablespoon baking powder
13. Make ready 1 tablespoon baking soda
14. Take 2 eggs
15. Get Blanched split almonds

Add the yogurt and continue mixing with your hands until fully combined. The mixture should be fairly thick and easy to press with hands (not thin like cake or brownie batter) 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. In Egypt this is the main dessert served during the feasts and holidays for both Christians and Muslims.

Instructions to make Basbousa(semolina cake):

1. 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.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish.
3. Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla.
4. In separate bowl, combine semolina, baking powder and baking soda. Slowly add to butter and egg mixture. Stir in milk
5. 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.
6. Bake for 25 min. Remove cake from oven and pour syrup over cake until no more can be absorbed. Allow to cool

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. Basbousa - Semolina Cakes With Syrup. Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, flour, yoghurt, melted butter and vanilla in a bowl.

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