Basbousa Recipe - Middle Eastern Semolina Cake

Step 1: To prepare Basbousa recipe (Middle Eastern Semolina Cake), let us make sugar syrup first, by adding a cup of sugar and water along with lemon juice in a thick bottomed saucepan

Step 2: Bring the sugar syrup to boil and cook until slightly sticky

Step 3: Add rose essence, mix well, remove from heat and keep it aside

Step 4: Preheat Oven to 180 degree Celsius and grease a Baking tin with oil and keep it ready

Step 5: In a bowl, combine together semolina, sugar, desiccated coconut, all-purpose flour and baking powder

Step 6: Combine well

Step 7: To this add milk, vanilla essence and oil and combine evenly into thick batter

Step 8: Pour this batter to the greased cake tin and spread evenly

Step 9: Line it with a sharp knife to get diamond/rectangle shape

Step 10: Place the almond at the center of each piece and press very lightly

Step 11: Bake it for about 45-50 minutes or till the top turns golden brown

Step 12: Remove from the oven

Step 13: Line it with a sharp knife again

Step 14: Pour the cold sugar syrup over the hot basbousa recipe or Middle eastern semolina cake

Step 15: Cover the whole pan of basbousa with sugar syrup

Step 16: Allow the basbousa recipe to soak for 30 minutes

Step 17: Our eggless Middle Eastern semolina Cake or Basbousa is ready to be served immediately during tea time or as a dinner party dessert