Semolina Cake - Basbousa

Name: Semolina Cake - Basbousa
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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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.