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Turkish Semolina Cake

Name: Turkish Semolina Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: halaal
Ingredients: A.k.a Basbousa; 3 extra large eggs; ½ cup ordinary sugar; 250ml double cream yogurt; 1 cup oil; ¼ cup cake flour; 1 cup semolina; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon Elachi (cardomom) powder; 1 cup ordinary sugar; 1 cup water; 1 tablespoon rose essence; 1. Boil all syrup ingredients, cool and place in fridge.; 2. Beat the eggs with the sugar until light & fluffy.; 3. Add in all wet ingredients, then all dry ingredients.; 4. Pour into a greased medium sized rectangle pyrex dish.; 5. Bake in preheated oven at 180degC for approximately 30min till golden brown & when skewered, removes clean.; 6. Once cake is done, whilst still hot, poke holes all over cake with a toothpick.; 7. Pour cold syrup over and sprinkle over chopped pistachios.; 8. Leave in fridge for a few hours.; 9. Then cut into squares.; 10. Dust over some icing sugar & decorate with edible rose

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RECIPE

Turkish Semolina CakeA.k.a Basbousa
Rec cred: @mama_taught_me_wellPic cred: Ruhana Ebrahim
Ingredients:3 extra large eggs½ cup ordinary sugar250ml double cream yogurt1 cup oil¼ cup cake flour1 cup semolina½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda1 tablespoon baking powder1 tablespoon Elachi (cardomom) powder
Syrup-1 cup ordinary sugar1 cup water1 tablespoon rose essence
Method-1. Boil all syrup ingredients, cool and place in fridge.2. Beat the eggs with the sugar until light & fluffy.3. Add in all wet ingredients, then all dry ingredients.4. Pour into a greased medium sized rectangle pyrex dish.5. Bake in preheated oven at 180degC for approximately 30min till golden brown & when skewered, removes clean.6. Once cake is done, whilst still hot, poke holes all over cake with a toothpick.7. Pour cold syrup over and sprinkle over chopped pistachios.8. Leave in fridge for a few hours.9. Then cut into squares.10. Dust over some icing sugar & decorate with edible rose buds.