Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, semolina cake (basbousa). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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.

Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):

1. Take 2 cups Fine Semolina or Rawa
2. Get 1 cup Yoghurt
3. Make ready 1 cup Sugar
4. Prepare 1/2 cup melted unsalted Butter
5. Take 2 Eggs
6. Take 1/3rd cup Milk
7. Prepare 1/4 th cup dessicated Coconut
8. Make ready 1 teaspoon Baking powder
9. Get 1 teaspoon Almond essence/Vanilla essence
10. Make ready As needed crushed assorted nuts and coconut flakes to garnish
11. Get For the Sugar Syrup
12. Prepare 1 cup Sugar
13. Prepare 1 cup Water
14. Get 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
15. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Orange blossom water/rose water

Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl. Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup.

Instructions to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):

1. In a mixing bowl add sugar and yoghurt.Mix well.
2. Now add semolina, baking powder and milk.Mix well.
3. Add melted butter and almond or vanilla essence. Give it a mix.
4. Add 2 eggs and mix well with a spatula.
5. At last add dessicated coconut and mix. The batter should be a little thick in consistency.
6. Grease a 9 inch round baking dish with little oil.
7. Pour the batter into the pan and tap 2- 3 times to remove any bubbles.
8. Pre heat oven at 200 degree C for 10 minutes.
9. Bake basbousa at 200 degrees for 1st 10 minutes.
10. Then reduce the temperature to 180 degree and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top becomes golden brown.
11. When cake is baking, add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a pan and heat.
12. Add lemon juice, orange blossom water and mix.
13. Cook for 10 minutes to make a thin sugar syrup.
14. When the cake becomes golden, take out from the oven and pour the warm prepared sugar syrup over the hot cake.
15. Let it soak for 10 to 15 minutes.
16. Remove from cake tin and garnish with coconut flakes and crushed nuts.
17. Enjoy with family and friends as dessert.
18. Very soft and moist texture. Bon appetit.

This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage. 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. Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina mixture.

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