Basbousa Cake

Name: Basbousa Cake
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup semolina; 1/4 cup flour; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 tsp coconut; 1/2 cup butter (melted); 2 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla flavor; 1 cup plain yogurt; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/2 cup almond(optional); 1 1/2 cup sugar; 1 1/4 cup water; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp vanilla

Nana Aisha Ahmed @meals_by_nanaisha

Basbousa is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina cake that originated in Egypt. The semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan, then sweetened with orange flower water, rose water or simple syrup, and typically cut into diamond (lozenge) shapes or squares

Nana Aisha Ahmed @meals_by_nanaisha

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 3/4 cupsemolina
1/4 cupflour
3/4 cupsugar
1/2 tspcoconut
1/2 cupbutter (melted)
2eggs
2 tspvanilla flavor
1 cupplain yogurt
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspsalt
1/2 cupalmond(optional)
syrup
1 1/2 cupsugar
1 1/4 cupwater
1 tsplemon juice
1 tspvanilla

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Steps

1

Prepare the syrup first
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In a large bowl mix semolina,flour,baking powder,sugar,coconut and salt
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In a seprate bowl mix the yogurt,eggs,melted butter,vanlla
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Pour the wet ingredients into the wet ingredients
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And then mix with spatula or a wooden spoon to form a thick batter
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Pour the batter into a 11×7 inch pan
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Then cover and set the pan aside for half an hour(it helps the semolina to absorbs the liquid)
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Preheat oven for 180 C.
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Uncover the pan and bake in the preheated oven
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Bake for 40 minutes
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After it has done 40 mins remove from oven and carefully cut it
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Pour the cooled syrup into the basbousa
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Then place the pan back in the oven and bake for additional 5 minutes
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Remove it and lets it cool down
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Then cut and serve
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Eat with any preferable drink i paired mine with coconut and milk drink