Basbousa Cake

Nana Aisha Ahmed
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

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Ingredients

4 servings
  1. 1 3/4 cupsemolina
  2. 1/4 cupflour
  3. 3/4 cupsugar
  4. 1/2 tspcoconut
  5. 1/2 cupbutter (melted)
  6. 2eggs
  7. 2 tspvanilla flavor
  8. 1 cupplain yogurt
  9. 1 1/2 tspbaking powder
  10. 1/4 tspsalt
  11. 1/2 cupalmond(optional)
  12. syrup
  13. 1 1/2 cupsugar
  14. 1 1/4 cupwater
  15. 1 tsplemon juice
  16. 1 tspvanilla

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Prepare the syrup first

  2. 2

    In a large bowl mix semolina,flour,baking powder,sugar,coconut and salt

  3. 3

    In a seprate bowl mix the yogurt,eggs,melted butter,vanlla

  4. 4

    Pour the wet ingredients into the wet ingredients

  5. 5

    And then mix with spatula or a wooden spoon to form a thick batter

  6. 6

    Pour the batter into a 11×7 inch pan

  7. 7

    Then cover and set the pan aside for half an hour(it helps the semolina to absorbs the liquid)

  8. 8

    Preheat oven for 180 C.

  9. 9

    Uncover the pan and bake in the preheated oven

  10. 10

    Bake for 40 minutes

  11. 11

    After it has done 40 mins remove from oven and carefully cut it

  12. 12

    Pour the cooled syrup into the basbousa

  13. 13

    Then place the pan back in the oven and bake for additional 5 minutes

  14. 14

    Remove it and lets it cool down

  15. 15

    Then cut and serve

  16. 16

    Eat with any preferable drink i paired mine with coconut and milk drink

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Nana Aisha Ahmed
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I am 13 year old girl with a passion for cooking, I love juicing, grilling and baking.
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