Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian – middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut soaked in syrup. This dessert is popular ...

But my personal queen is the Egyptian basbousa, the spongy, syrup-soaked semolina-coconut cake whose sweet squishiness is balanced by a crunchy almond crown. I feel the same way about the ...