Basbousa I

==Description==
Semolina cake
==Ingredients==
* ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
* 1 cup superfine sugar
* 2 small eggs
* 2 cups fine yellow semolina
* 1 tsp baking powder
* ½ tsp baking soda
* blanched split almonds
* syrup (recipe follows)
=== Syrup ===
* 2¼ cups sugar
* juice of 1 lemon
==Directions==
# Cream the butter and the sugar and then beat in the eggs.
# Stir in a ½ cup water.
# Sift together the semolina, baking powder, and soda, and stir into the butter mixture to form a smooth batter.
# Preheat the oven to 350°F.
# Lightly grease an 8-by-12-inch cake pan and pour in the batter.
# Spread it evenly with the back of a spoon and then score across the top of the cake parallel lines going from the bottom left corner to the top right and vice versa, to form diamond shapes.
# Place an almond in the center of each diamond.
# Bake in the preheated oven for 35–40 minutes, when the cake should be firm and lightly browned.
# Prepare the syrup as described below and pour it, spoonfuls at a time, over the hot cake.
# Stop when the cake will not absorb any more and set the cake aside to cool before serving.
=== Syrup ===
# Over a medium heat dissolve the sugar in 1½ cups water, add the lemon juice and bring to the boil.
# Reduce heat and gently boil the syrup for 10 minutes.
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