Recipe: Yummy Basbousa(semovita cake)

Name: Recipe: Yummy Basbousa(semovita cake)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cupsemovita; 1 cupflour; 1 1/2 cupyoghurt(L$Z); 1/2 cupoil; 1tspn Baking powder; 1/2tspn baking soda; 3eggs beaten; 1/2apple vinegar; 1/2 cupsugar; 1tspn vanilla flavor; 1 cupgrated coconut; Garnishing; Condensed milk and shredded coconut

Louis Ramos

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Basbousa(semovita cake). Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut. This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup.

Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl.

This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in Basbousa (Semolina Cake).

Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal.

You can cook Basbousa(semovita cake) using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Basbousa(semovita cake)

You need 1 cup of semovita.
You need 1 cup of flour.
You need 1 1/2 cup of yoghurt(L$Z).
Prepare 1/2 cup of oil.
Prepare 1 of tspn Baking powder.
You need 1/2 of tspn baking soda.
Prepare 3 of eggs beaten.
You need 1/2 of apple vinegar.
You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
It’s 1 of tspn vanilla flavor.
It’s 1 cup of grated coconut.
You need of Garnishing.
It’s of Condensed milk and shredded coconut.

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Basbousa (also namoura, revani, hareseh and other names) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt, although it is also popular in other countries.

It is made from a semolina batter and cooked in a pan, then sweetened with orange flower water.

Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina mixture.

Basbousa(semovita cake) step by step

In a bowl add all dry ingredients(flour,semovita,sugar,baking powder,baking soda).
In another bowl add beaten egg,oil,yoghurt and mix well.
Add the mixture into the dry ingredient and mix well,add vanilla flavor,grated coconut,vineger and mix again.
Pour in to baking tray and bake @180 C for 15 minutes..
Used a Thooth pick when it comes out clean it’s done.ENJOY.

From Saad Fayed, I love basbousa with coffee after a good meal.

They are just enough to add that extra umpf to a meal.

The syrup is not too sugary.

Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus.

It's one of the variations basbousa - traditional Middle East sweet cake.