Harissa

We had a special visitor in the kitchen with us this morning. Judy and her family are from Syria and  and her mom, Rakad, came in to bake a traditional Middle Eastern cake with us called Harissa. As we were walking to the kitchen, Judy said, "It's delicious."

We helped to measure the ingredients- one of them being semolina flour along with butter, baking powder, milk, butter, and flour water.

The semolina cake also includes coconut. This was the reaction from one of the friends in Birch. 

Then we mixed all the ingredients together.

Now we pour the batter into the baking dish. 

And we waited for the cake to bake in the oven. 

While the cake baked in the oven, we made a simple syrup of sugar & water 

along with some lime juice.

Thanks for coming in to bake with us Rakad.