Basboosa

Name: Basboosa
Ingredients: 12 cup butter; 34 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 eggs; 2 cups semolina; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 34 cup yogurt (plain); 1 teaspoon cardamom powder; syrup; 1 12 cups water; 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon cardamom powder; 2 teaspoons lemon juice

13 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

12 cup butter
34 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups semolina
2 teaspoons baking powder
34 cup yogurt (plain)
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
syrup
1 12 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
2 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

1

cream the butter, sugar, vanilla.
2

add the eggs, beat again.
3

fold in semolina/yogurt/semolina/yogurt with spatula.
4

pour into 8 x 8 pan, bake 350 for 30 minutes.
5

while baking, boil the Syrup ingredients in a small sauce pan for 4-5 minutes, set aside to cool.
6

allow the cake to cool for at least an hour after baking, spoon the syrup over the top of it.
7

traditionally it is cut into diamond shaped pieces and removed from the pan.
8

at home, it disappears so fast that i dont bother.
9

we just cut out square chunks that look like cornbread and eat it with our chai :) Enjoy!