Semolina Cake - Basbousa - ByLena.com

Semolina Cake - Basbousa - ByLena.com

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This semolina cake recipe is inspired by the Arabic cuisine. There is a similar Greek cake, Revani, but I will stick to the name 'Basbousa' because that's how

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Ingredients

  • ● Semolina 180 g or 1 cup
  • ● White flour 150 g 1 cup
  • ● Buttermilk/Youghurt/Kefir 250 g 1 cup
  • ● Coconut flakes 40 g half a cup
  • ● Vegetable oil 150 ml half a cup
  • ● Water 500 ml 2 cups
  • ● Egg 3 pieces
  • ● Sugar 600 g 2 cups for the syrup + 1 cup for the cake
  • ● Lemon 0.5 pieces the juice
  • ● Baking powder 2 tsp
  • ● Vanilla Extract 1 tsp + 1 teaspoon flower water, 1 teaspoon rose water / essence and saffron - optional
  • ● Almonds 50 g for decoration on top, can be replaced with simple walnuts, cashews, hazelnuts etc.

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