Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, basbousa/semolina cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut. This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup.

Basbousa/Semolina cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Basbousa/Semolina cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa/Semolina cake:

1. Take 1 cup Sugar
2. Take 1 cup Water
3. Make ready half Lemon
4. Take 1 and 1/2 cups Semolina
5. Prepare 3/4 cup Vegetable oil/butter
6. Take 1 cup Milk
7. Get 1 tsp Vanilla extract
8. Make ready 1 Egg
9. Get 1/2 cup Sugar
10. Make ready 1/2 cup All purpose flour
11. Prepare 1 tsp Baking powder
12. Take 9 " inch greased butter Pan with
13. Make ready 15-20 nos blanched Almonds

It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup.

Instructions 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.

The are perfect with coffee or tea. How to Make Basbousa - Semolina Cakes With Syrup. 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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