This is the recipe of Basbosa cake. It is a well known dessert in Egypt. I hope you enjoy it.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups semolina
- 5 tablespoons powder milk
- 1 cup fine sugar
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup water
- 1 egg
- 1 cup cream or 1 cup mixed nuts for filling
- Syrup Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- juice from 1 lemon
- Prepare syrup first. Dissolve the sugar in water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Once the syrup begins to boil. Reduce heat and allow to slowly boil for about 8-10 minutes. Add the juice of lemon then remove from heat and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish.
- In a large bowl, mix the milk, semolina, baking powder, water,butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until you have a smooth mix
- Pour half the mixture into the baking dish and smooth with spoon
- Now add the filling either cream or mixed nuts
- Cover the filling with the rest of the mix and smooth with spoon
- Place in the oven for 25-30 min.or until it turns brown
- When removed from the oven, pour the cool syrup on top of the hot basbosa. Take care to pour on every part.
- Leave the basbosa to cool down for 15 min. then start to cut it as the above picture
- Sprinkle some minced pistachio on top as garnish
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