Basbousa | Eggless Semolina Cake

Basbousa is a traditional bake for Egypt and much popular in the Middle Eastern Countries. It is made from Semolina and then soaked in sugar syrup and served.

Last Bake-e-thon when sapana posted Basbousa I was so much impressed by the simplicity of the recipe as it is eggless and very simple. I booked marked it right there and today is the right day to present it. Now let’s get started.

B for Basbousa from Egypt

Basbousa

Recipe Cuisine: Egypt | Recipe Category :Bakes
Prep Time: 15 mins | Bake Time : 20 mins | Serves: 4 |Author :Sharmila

Ingredients

Semolina – 1 ¼ cup

Butter melted – ¼ cup

Curd / Yogurt – ¼ cup

Water – ½ cup

Baking powder – ½ tsp

Condensed milk – ½ tin

For Sugar Syrup:

Sugar – ¾ cup

Water – ½ cup

Lemon Juice – ½ tsp

Method:

In a mixing bowl add in Curd and condensed milk, then add in melted butter.
Next add Water and Baking powder whisk everything together.
Finally add in Semolina and then fold everything together. Prepare a cake pan by greasing it with butter and then dusting it with flour finally line with a parchment paper.
Now pour the prepared batter to the baking pan. Preheat the oven at 180 Deg C for about 10 mins and then bake at 180 Deg C for about 20 mins or until a toothpick when inserted comes out clean.
For the sugar syrup in a sauce pan add in water and sugar and bring everything to a boil in a medium flame. It takes around 8-10 mins and then finally add in Lemon Juice and switch off the flame. When the cake completely cools off pour the sugar syrup and then slice and serve.

Notes:

I dint serve my basbousa with Sugar syrup as I dint prefer.
You can also add a drop of rose essence in the sugar syrup for a nice flavour.

Step by step Method with pictures:

1. In a mixing bowl add in Curd and condensed milk, then add in melted butter.

2. Next add Water and Baking powder whisk everything together.

3. Finally add in Semolina and then fold everything together. Prepare a cake pan by greasing it with butter and then dusting it with flour finally line with a parchment paper.

4. Now pour the prepared batter to the baking pan. Preheat the oven at 180 Deg C for about 10 mins and then bake at 180 Deg C for about 20 mins or until a toothpick when inserted comes out clean.