Hello, I’m Clara. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make semolina cake (basbousa) recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Semolina Cake (Basbousa) Recipe
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To be with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
- Make ready Basbousa
- Make ready 2.25 cups semolina flour
- Make ready 1.15 cups sugar
- Make ready 3 tablespoon butter (room temp)
- Take 1.15 cups natural yoghurt
- Prepare 0.4 cups desicated coconut
- Prepare 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
- Get 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- Prepare Whole almonds / hazelnuts
- Prepare Syrup
- Get 1-1.5 cup sugar
- Prepare 1-1.5 cup water
- Take 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
- Prepare 2-3 cloves
Steps to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
- Preheat oven to 175°C
- Start by making the syrup. Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat on low to medium temperature.
- Add the lemon juice as it starts to simmer
- Then add the cinnamon and clove.
- Once the consistency is syrup like, remove from heat and allow to cool by placing sauce pan in cold water bath.
- Put semonlia flour, sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix altogether.
- Melt the butter by placing in a microwave proof bowl for 10 - 20 seconds.
- Add the melted butter, yoghurt and coconut to the mixture
- Using the tips of your fingers, mix the ingredients together.
- Using a brush, spread the tahini to cover the base and sides of flan dish
- Spoon the mixture into the flan dish and level using the back of a spoon
- Place in oven for 15 minutes. Then remove and place whole almonds or hazelnuts so that they rest on the top of the cake.
- Return to oven for a further 20 minutes until the cake is golden brown in colour
- Add the now cooled syrup to the cake and allow it to rest in the flan dish.
- Typically leave it to soak up the syrup for around 20 minutes and that’s it ready to enjoy.
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