Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake. Characteristics Nammoura is your best choice when you are ready for an extra sweet treat. It is probably the sweetest cake you can get. The yeast gives it its spongy texture, and the sugar syrup gives it its distinctive extra sweet taste.
It’s topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. Basbousa, an Egyptian semolina cake with yogurt is one of the best Egyptian desserts that comes out fairly quick. Basbousa/basboosa is a term in the Middle east that refers to a very sweet semolina - sort of- cake. You can cook Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake
- Prepare 2 Cups of semolina.
- Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
- It’s 1 cup of powdered milk.
- It’s 1 Cup of cream.
- You need 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
- It’s 1 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s 1 pack of thick cream.
- You need of Milk.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of warm milk.
Verbally in Arabic we can call our loved ones “basbousa”, I sometimes call my little kid. Characteristics Nammoura is your best choice when you are ready for an extra sweet treat. It is probably the sweetest cake you can get. The yeast gives it its spongy texture, and the sugar syrup gives it its distinctive extra sweet taste.
Basbousa (Nammoura) Sweet Cake instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together until you soften the mix. Note: do not mix the 1/4 cup warm milk in this step..
- I used a cupcake pan but certainly you can use a glass pan or cake pan. First layer: With one big spoon place the dough in the pan. If you are using a glass whole plan, divide the mix by half. Place the first half into your pan..
- I added my thick cream in top of my first layer..
- Now for the last layer, add your 1/4 of warm milk to the remaining mix and continue mixing until it soften. Then pour it in top of your cream layer..
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C (355F) bake for 15 mins, broil for 5-7 mins until golden. (If using a whole pan, probably you will need to broil for additional mins just keep an eye).
- Pour your favorite syrup in top (Sugar, Condensed milk…) and enjoy it.
It is relatively easy to prepare, and it is thus often homemade. Basbousa (also namoura, revani, and other names) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt. It is made from a semolina batter in a pan, sweetened with orange flower water, rose water or simple syrup, and typically cut into diamond shapes. Basbousa (also known as Revani, Hareesa and Nammoura in various places) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet moist cake, usually made with semolina and soaked in a simple syrup. The word ‘basbousa’ is Arabic for ‘Just a Kiss’, and this lovely cake certainly lives up to its' name!