Basbousa (The semovita cake)

Name: Basbousa (The semovita cake)
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: For the cake batter; 2 cups semovita; 1/2 cup flour; 1 cup yogurt; 1/3 cup sugar; 2/3 cup melted butter or ghee; 1 cup coconut; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 tsp baking powder; 3 eggs; 2 cups sugar; 2 cups water; 1 tsp lemon juice

NanaSkitchen @cook_16760378

Kano

Basbousa is an Arabian dessert made from semovita and other ingredients. It is very delicious and easy to make.I made this amazing basbousa for my family . We all loved it and we are still craving for more 😋

NanaSkitchen @cook_16760378

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Ingredients

For the cake batter
2 cupssemovita
1/2 cupflour
1 cupyogurt
1/3 cupsugar
2/3 cupmelted butter or ghee
1 cupcoconut
1 tspvanilla
2 tspbaking powder
3eggs
Sugar syrup
2 cupssugar
2 cupswater
1 tsplemon juice

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Steps

1

Mix all dry ingredients and set aside (flour,semo,sugar,baking powder,coconut)
2

Add wet ingredients (yogurt,eggs,vanilla,butter)to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined
3

Pour the cake batter in a greased pan or baking dish,evenly distribute the batter and bake in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes
4

While you are baking the cake,quickly make your sugar syrup. Add sugar,water and lemon juice in a pot,stir and boil for 5 minutes then set aside
5

When the cake is brown and well baked,remove from the oven and pour half of the sugar syrup on the cake. Cut it into squares and add the remaining syrup
6

Allow the basbousa to fully absorb the syrup (to get moist),garnish with coconut and lemon slices. Enjoy 😋😋