Hello from Egypt 🙂
I’ve missed you all my friends, we have been on a quick trip to Lego Land, Ca. and then we have finally landed safely in Egypt. So expect more and more of the flavorful Egyptian yummies to come.
Bassema is an Egyptian cake usually made with all purpose flour and lots of coconut flakes soaked in simple syrup and garnished with nuts.
Today we will tackle a new version of Bassema in which we will substitute the all purpose flour with semolina. I’ve taken the challenge and believed in it 🙂 and guess what, it turned out great this way.
So let’s start from the beginning, you will need :
- 2 cups of coconut flakes.
- 3/4 cup of semolina.
- 1 1/4 cup of water/milk/ or a mixture.
- 2 Tbs of ghee/unsalted butter.
- 1 tsp Baking Powder.
- Nuts and raisins for garnishing – optional.
We will need a non-heavy, watery simple syrup in which we will need:
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of water
- a dash of vanilla.
- 1tsp of lemon juice
- Simply mix all the ingredients well together spread in a greased baking sheet sprinkle top with nuts and cut in squares.
- Bake in a 350F preheated oven for almost 45 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile prepare the simple syrup as usual by boiling water and sugar together for 5 minutes then add the vanilla and lemon juice then simmer for another 15 minutes.
- Pour the syrup while it is hot over the hot baseema- both got to be hot. Let it cool a bit and serve.
Amira: How pretty this cake is…I love its golden, shiny crust…I so need several slices of it today!!!
Oh, my. Syrup soaked coconut? How could this be anything besides fabulous???
I made these yesterday and they are HEAVENLY! thanks!
Nermeen, I am very excited that you liked the baseema :), thanks dear for trying one of my recipes.
Hey .. Thankks for the recipe !
I live in the states too and I have been looking for semolina for so long ! Any ideas where I can get it?
Hi Rehanna,
If you have an Middle eastern intl’ market nearby, you will definitely find it there, and I could find it in Sprouts and I think I’ve seen it in Whole foods too. But you can also find it online at amazon.com
Look amaing thats why i want to try it .. is it fine semolina or course??thank you again
I’ve used find semolina. Thanks Zhlia for your sweet comment.
It looks like different version of basbousa
Yes to some extent :).. Thanks for the commentm be sure t check back for more recipes.
This sounds so delicious! Thanks for sharing!
I want to try make the Baseema but I don’t know what is the 1tsp Bp stand for?
I’m sorry for the confusion, it stand for baking powder. I’ve clarified it. Thanks, please come back and tell me how did it go with you. I hope you’ll like it.