Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, basbousa(semolina cake). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Basbousa(semolina cake) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Basbousa(semolina cake) is something that I have loved my entire life.

This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Here: ⬇ ⬇ ⬇. Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook basbousa(semolina cake) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Basbousa(semolina cake):

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

Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina mixture. Basbousa are small cakes that are covered with syrup. The are perfect with coffee or tea. How to Make Basbousa - Semolina Cakes With Syrup.

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

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. 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.

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