Basbousa Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups Semolina

  coarse
• 1 cup Coconut

  desiccated
• ½ cup Butter

  melted
• ⅓ cup Sugar
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 cup Plain Yogurt
• Slivered Almonds
• 2 cups Sugar
• 1½ cups Water
• 1 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1 tbsp Rose Water/Orange Blossom Water

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 400ºF (200ºC).
• 2 In a bowl combine the semolina, baking soda, coconut, sugar, and melted butter.
• 3 Incorporate ingredients well by mixing them together by hand.
• 4 Add the yogurt and mix in well.
• 5 Press the cake batter into an 8X8 baking dish, and smooth flat.
• 6 Using a knife, score the top of the cake creating diamond shaped pieces.
• 7 Push a piece of slivered almond into each diamond shaped piece of cake batter.
• 8 Place in the oven on the middle rack for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• 9 In a small saucepan over high heat dissolve sugar in water by stirring until
  water is clear.
• 10 Add lemon juice, and rose water or orange blossom water.
• 11 Bring to a boil and then remove from heat and allow to cool for about 20
  minutes. 
• 12 Remove cake once done, and cut through scored lines making sure to carve all the
  way to the bottom of the tray.
• 13 Pour syrup over the cake by evenly distributing the sugar water.
• 14 Allow the cake to absorb all the syrup.
• 15 Serve warm or at room temperature.

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