Basbousa/Semolina cake

Name: Basbousa/Semolina cake
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 16-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Sugar; 1 cup Water; half Lemon; 1 and 1/2 cups Semolina; 3/4 cup Vegetable oil/butter; 1 cup Milk; 1 tsp Vanilla extract; 1 Egg; 1/2 cup Sugar; 1/2 cup All purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking powder; 9 " inch greased butter Pan with; 15-20 nos blanched Almonds

Jiya @cook_7815398

Sunshine State🌞

An Arabic/Libyan dessert made with semolina (Indian sooji) and sugar syrup.

Jiya @cook_7815398

Sunshine State🌞

An Arabic/Libyan dessert made with semolina (Indian sooji) and sugar syrup.

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Ingredients

45 mins

16-serving

1 cupSugar
1 cupWater
halfLemon
1and 1/2 cups Semolina
3/4 cupVegetable oil/butter
1 cupMilk
1 tspVanilla extract
1Egg
1/2 cupSugar
1/2 cupAll purpose flour
1 tspBaking powder
9" inch greased butter Pan with
15-20nos blanched Almonds

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Steps

45 mins

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.