Egyptian Cake Recipes

BASBOUSA: ALMOND COCONUT SEMOLINA CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine together the sugar and yogurt. Now add in the semolina, baking powder and milk. Finally stir in the melted butter, and let the mixture sit briefly so that the butter is absorbed.
• Transfer the semolina mixture into a lightly greased 9"-round cake pan or baking dish. Bake in the 350 degrees F-heated oven for about 40-45 minutes. If necessary, broil ever so briefly so that the top of the basbousa gains color. Watch carefully. When ready, remove from oven.
• While the cake is baking, prepare the cinnamon simple syrup. In a small sauce pan or pot, combine the sugar, water and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil on high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Turn heat to low and let cook for a few minutes until the syrup thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the lemon juice. Let cool completely, then remove the cinnamon stick.
• As soon as the basbousa is removed from the oven, pour the cool syrup on the hot basbousa. Let cool completely; syrup must be absorbed into the cake. For best result, let it sit for 1 hour before serving.
• When ready to serve, top the cake with the coconut chips and the coconut and shaved almonds. Slice and enjoy!

BASBOUSA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F.

NAMOURA (EGYPTIAN HONEY CAKE)

Steps:

• 1. Gather Ingredients.
• 2. Preheat oven to 400˚F.
• 3. Put the butter in the microwave-safe bowl, and heat 15 seconds at a time until mostly melted.
• 4. Mix farina, sugar and butter in a bowl.
• 5. Mix the baking soda and baking powder, then stir into the yogurt in another bowl. When mixed, add it to the farina mixture and blend together.
• 6. Grease the baking pan with a little shortening and pour the batter inches (As an option, you can drizzle the top with 2 tablespoons of yogurt.).
• 7. Using a knife, score the top of the batter into medium-sized rectangles -- or to be a bit fancier, try diamond shapes! (You'll probably make 12-16 pieces.) Place a blanched almond in the middle of each piece.
• 8. Using your oven mitts, put the pan into the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until it's brown on top.
• 9. When the cake is done, it out of the oven. Let it cool for 10 minutes while you clean up the kitchen.
• 10. Drizzle honey over the top. Cut along the lines you scored.

EGYPTIAN CAKE

Steps:

• Dissolve Chocolate in 5 tablespoons hot Water.
• Cream butter; add sugar gradually.
• Beat @ high speed until grain is gone.
• Then add well beaten egg yolks. Beat again.
• Add Milk.
• Add chocolate.
• Add Flour. Beat well.
• In a separate bowl beat egg whites until stiff.
• Gently fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
• Add Baking Powder &Vanilla last until thoroughly mixed.
• Grease 3 layer cake pans with crisco or margerine.
• Dust with flour.
• Bake @ 325o, approximately 1 hours 10 minutes.
• When cake is done, it bounces back when pressed.
• Cool upside down on cake racks.
• Run knife around edges of pan to loosen.
• FROSTING:.
• Butter and powdered sugar frosting, with more chocolate powder works well on the layer cake. Use a filling of your choice, nothing too overpowering.