Basbousa Cake or Semolina Cake with Syrup
2012-06-20- Cuisine: Pakistani
- Skill Level: Intermediate
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Basbousa Cake or Semolina Cake with Syrup is an Arabian delight. You can impress guests by serving this in dessert. It has a great sweet taste.
Ingredients
- Sugar 3/4 cup, 2 cups for syrup
- Baking Soda 1 tsp
- Lemon peel 1 tsp
- Yogurt 3/4 cup
- Eggs 2
- Yellow Colour as required
- Almond as required for decoration
- Semolina 2 cups
- Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
- Baking Powder 1 tsp
- Water 1 1/2 cup
- Butter 1/4 cup
Method
Step 1
To make sugar syrup boil sugar, water, lemon juice until thickened for about 5-8 minutes cool and set aside.
Step 2
For cake cream butter, add sugar, vanilla essence and beat for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Add eggs one by one beating well after each addition.
Step 4
Add food coloring, mixing well.
Step 5
In bowl mix semolina, baking powder and baking soda.
Step 6
Add dry ingredients to butter mixture slowly with yogurt and mix well to incorporate mixture.
Step 7
Grease pan, pour batter, decorate with halved almonds over batter and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 min.
Step 8
Take cake out of oven, pour the cool syrup and leave for 1-1 1/2 hours until syrup is absorbed.