Basbousa - Semolina Cake
This is a traditional Arab cake that became very popular in Israel. The name basbousa means in Arabic a thousand kisses
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- 8-10 ServingsServings
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 teaspoons vanilla sugar
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 cup flour
- juice of 3 oranges
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1 cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup boiling water
- silan (date syrup)
- nuts
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350F. In a mixing bowl combine the eggs and baking powder with a hand mixer. Add the vanilla sugar, semolina, flour, orange juice, oil, coconut flakes and sugar and mix. Don’t over mix it! Bake in a greased pan for 30 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, bring the honey, lemon juice and water to a boil and cook for 2 minutes and cool.
- Once you remove the cake from the oven, while it is still hot, dredge the syrup on the cake a few tablespoons at a time. Let the cake absorbs the syrup and continue with the rest of the syrup in the same way.
- Serve the cake with silan and nuts.
