{{Short description|Cake from Lebanon}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Sfouf | image = Sfoufs (8280943024) (cropped).jpg | caption = | alternate_name = | country = Lebanon<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mideastfood.about.com/od/dessertssweetspastries/r/sfoufrecipe.htm |title=Sfouf (Lebanese Almond Semolina Cake) Recipe |author=Saad Fayed |website=about food |access-date=2014-10-31 |archive-date=2016-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203123632/http://mideastfood.about.com/od/dessertssweetspastries/r/sfoufrecipe.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | region = | creator = | course = | type = Cake | served = | main_ingredient = Semolina flour, turmeric, sugar, pine nuts | variations = | calories = | other = }} '''Sfouf''' ({{langx|ar|صفوف|ṣufūf |lit=rows}}) is a Lebanese almond-semolina cake consumed on birthdays, family reunions, and religious holidays. It is made from semolina flour flavored with turmeric, sugar, sesame paste, aniseed, and pine nuts, and raised with baking powder.<ref>{{cite news |title=A golden, one-bowl Lebanese cake that doesn't need eggs - ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-15/easy-one-bowl-lebanese-turmeric-cake-sfouf/104985724 |access-date=14 September 2025 |work=ABC |date=14 March 2025 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ottolenghi |first1=Yotam |author1-link=Yotam Ottolenghi |title=S’fouf b’ Debs (Lebanese-inspired carob cake) {{!}} Ottolenghi Recipes |url=https://ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/recipes/sfouf-b-debs-lebanese-inspired-carob-cake |website=Ottolenghi |access-date=14 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Unlike basbousa, a similar semolina cake, sfouf is not sweetened with qatir.<ref>{{cite news |title=جاهزة في أقل من نصف ساعة.. إليك وصفة الصفوف اللبنانية |url=https://arabicpost.live/%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%84/2020/09/04/%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%81%d9%88%d9%81/ |access-date=3 November 2025 |work=عربي بوست — ArabicPost.net |date=4 Sep 2020 |language=ar |trans-title=Ready in less than half an hour... Here's the recipe for Lebanese semolina cakes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Back to Basbousa Basics |url=https://asif.org/en/back-to-basbousa-basics/ |website=Asif Culinary Institute |access-date=13 November 2025 |date=15 December 2024}}</ref>
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Category:Arab cuisine Category:Lebanese cuisine Category:Cakes