🍰 Basbousa (Semolina Cake)

The dessert that makes you forget tomorrow's diet plan ever existed.

• 50 minTotal time
• 🍳 I can cook a littleDifficulty
• 340kcal
• 8Portions

• 🍰 Dessert
• 🇪🇬 Egyptian
• 🧒 Kids love it
• 🎉 Party food

Ingredients

• 2 cups fine semolina
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Blanched almonds for garnish
• For syrup: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, juice of half a lemon

How to make it

1. Make the syrup first: boil sugar, water and lemon juice for 5 minutes, let cool
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a baking tray with butter
3. Mix semolina, sugar, yogurt, melted butter, baking powder and vanilla well
4. Pour the batter into the tray, level it, and score into diamond shapes before baking
5. Place an almond on each piece and bake for 30-35 minutes until golden
6. Pour the cold syrup over the hot cake immediately as it comes out of the oven