Basbousa Cake
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Made the King Arthur Recipe KA Basbousa with a few alterations.
I only had 220 grams of semolina four left (calls for 272g) so I added 50g of almond flour to make up for it. Omitted the coconut. Added orange zest and a pinch of cardamom to the cake batter. Instead of single almonds, I blitzed some roasted pistachios and sprinkled them on top.
Disregarded the syrup recipe completely and made my own based in it’s measurements, sort of.
Syrup: 3/4 cups sugar, 1/4 cup honey, juice from one half the orange, 1/2 cup water.
Decadent little treat. A little sweet and I wished I cut the sugar in the cake batter by half or more. The syrup would have been plenty on its own to sweeten the cake. Nice with my little black coffee last night though. Felt fancy.
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Made the King Arthur Recipe KA Basbousa with a few alterations.
I only had 220 grams of semolina four left (calls for 272g) so I added 50g of almond flour to make up for it. Omitted the coconut. Added orange zest and a pinch of cardamom to the cake batter. Instead of single almonds, I blitzed some roasted pistachios and sprinkled them on top.
Disregarded the syrup recipe completely and made my own based in it’s measurements, sort of.
Syrup: 3/4 cups sugar, 1/4 cup honey, juice from one half the orange, 1/2 cup water.
Decadent little treat. A little sweet and I wished I cut the sugar in the cake batter by half or more. The syrup would have been plenty on its own to sweeten the cake. Nice with my little black coffee last night though. Felt fancy.
It looks delicious and the chopped nuts on top give you nutty goodness in every bite!