Semolina cake: Basbousa

Semolina cake is a very popular middle-eastern cake made with main ingredient semolina, then soaked with sweet syrup flavored with orange blossom.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup oil/butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups semolina

for the syrup:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup
• 2 teaspoons orange blossom water (optional)

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350F
• Grease baking dish (23cm/9inch square)
• Cream butter/oil, milk, and sugar in a bowl add the eggs one at the time and mix.
• Add the semolina, baking powder and mix until combined.
• Turn in to the prepared pan and level the top.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until it is golden.
• Cut the cake in squares, or diamond shapes.
• Pour the cold syrup over the hot cake.
• Let it sit to cool and serve.

• To make the syrup, in a small pan put the sugar and water.
  Bring it to the boil and keep boiling for 5 minutes.
  Stir in the orange blossom water.
  Let it cool.