m’Busbes (Ka’Ik)

Mrs. Yemen Nahous serves her family this slightly sweet holiday treat during their breaks from work at her Creole restaurant on Charlotte Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Mrs. Nahous, who immigrated to Trinidad from Syria nearly thirty years ago, refers to these cakes as “m’busbes” as do her extended Trinidad family, but they are more commonly known in Lebanon and elsewhere as “ka’ik.” M’busbes are traditionally