Semolina Almond Cake. An Egyptian almond-coconut semolina cake, drenched in cinnamon syrup. So, how about a little basbousa? Basbousa is an Egyptian semolina cake drenched in syrup.
Sfouf is a sweet almond cake from Lebanon. Our sfouf recipe is easy and delicious. You can bake this cake in four mini loaves. You can cook Semolina Almond Cake using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Semolina Almond Cake
- It’s of Cake.
- You need 2 cup of semolina.
- You need 3 of each eggs.
- You need 1/2 stick of butter.
- You need 1 cup of sugar.
- You need 2 cup of yogurt.
- It’s 2/3 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s 1 of vanilla essence.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of almond meal.
- You need 1 of orange rind grated or cut in thin strips (optional).
- Prepare 1 of raisins (optional).
- You need 1 of almond extract (optional).
- You need of Syrup.
- Prepare 1/2 of each fresh lemon juice.
- You need 1 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 cup of water.
For a truly unique cake in both taste and texture, try this recipe using the entire orange – peel and all! Here I go with another almond recipe. I can never try too many because I just love almonds! I particularly love pastries with nuts.
Semolina Almond Cake instructions
- Place semolina into a bowl..
- Sift baking powder into semolina.
- Add yogurt, mix wrll. Allow to stand for about an hour..
- An hour later beat egg yolks with sugar until light in color. Add softened butted, keep beating..
- Stir into semolina-yoghurt mix.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a spring form with butter..
- Beat egg whites until white, fluffy and firm steady picks.
- Gentlly stir into semolina mix..
- Pour into the spring form.
- Bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes or until golden in color and springy to touch..
- While cake is in the oven make syrup. Boil water with sugar on slow for about 10-15 minutes. Turn off the heat. Add lemon juice.
- Pour the syrup onto the cake while still in the spring form. Let cool..
- Only take out of the springform when cools down..
- Top with caster sugar if desired.
This is one of those cakes that I can enjoy any day (and any time). Cranberry Almond Semolina Cake, Cranberry Almond Cake, almond cranberry cake, cranberry cake, semilina cake. Add eggs, one at a time. Followed by the flour mixture and milk in three additions. Combine semolina flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
