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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.
Basbousa(semolina cake) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Basbousa(semolina cake) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook basbousa(semolina cake) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
- Take Syrup
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups sugar
- Get 1 1/2 cups water
- Make ready Juice from 1 lemon (or 2 tablespoon orange juice)
- Make ready 1 tablespoon honey
- Prepare Cake
- Make ready 2 cups semolina
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 stick butter, softened
- Get 1 cup whole milk
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Get 1 tablespoon baking soda
- Get 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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