Hi everyone, Welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, basbousa(semolina cake). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna 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 foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Basbousa(semolina cake) is something that I have loved my whole life.
Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut. Basbousa (Benito Martin) Source: Benito Martin.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have basbousa(semolina cake) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Basbousa(semolina cake):
- Syrup
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- Juice from 1 lemon (or 2 tablespoon orange juice)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Cake
- 2 cups semolina
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- Blanched split almonds
Before we lived in Morocco we also lived in Washington DC. I was so blessed to have several Moroccan women friends there who. Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina flour. It is popular throughout the Middle Eastern countries, as well as North Africa, Iran, Greece and Turkey.
Steps 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 Aka Harissa (Coconut Yogurt Semolina Cake). Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl. Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other. Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup. The are perfect with coffee or tea.
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