Baking with Merry

Basbousa is a traditional Arabic sweet cake. It is known by different names in different regions, like Nammoura in Lebanon; Hareesa in Jordan, Ravani/Revani in Greece and so on. Similarly, the recipe varies according to different regions. Some recipes contain eggs; yogurt or milk; coconut; and some are prepared using clarified butter(ghee) or vegetable oil. The recipe below is the Libyan recipe which is eggless and neither yogurt or coconut. I used melted butter for the same. Ingredients: Recipe Source: 7aum Suvai Semolina/Rava - 1.5 cups All purpose flour - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Melted butter - 1/2 cup Milk - 1 cup Baking powder - 1 tsp Baking soda - 1/4 tsp Vanilla essence - 1 tsp Almonds - 16 For Sugar Syrup Sugar - 1 cup Water - 1 cup Lemon juice - 1tsp Method: Soak almonds in hot water for 20-30 minutes. Remove skin and keep aside. Make sugar syrup by adding sugar,water and lemon juice in a sauce pan. Bring to boil and cook until it i...

It was only recently, when decluttering my pantry, I realised I had a bottle of unopened coffee liqueur which my friend got it for me from Goa last year..... Then, as usual searched for a recipe and found out one from my collections....So, here it is Coffee Liqueur Muffins! According to the book, its an after-dinner muffins, but we loved it with our cup of evening-tea....... Ingredients: Recipe Source:Coffee by Parragon Books Instant coffee granules - 2 tbsp Boiling water - 2 tbsp Plain flour - 280 gm Baking powder - 1 tbsp Pinch of salt Light brown sugar - 115 gm Eggs - 2 Milk - 100ml Butter - 85 gm, melted and cooled Coffee liqueur - 6 tbsp Oil or melted butter, for greasing Method: Preheat oven to 200 C. Line a muffin tin with muffin case. Put coffee granules and boiling water in a cup and stir until dissolved. Leave to cool. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the brown sugar. Lightly beat the eggs in anoth...