Boulou, also known as boulous, is a Libyan Jewish sweet bread or cake of Maghrebi Jewish origin, similar to mouna, tishpishti, or pound cake, that is traditionally made into loaves or rolls and consumed as part of the meal preceding the Yom Kippur Fast, or as part of the break fast that follows.
[2] "Throughout the Hebrew month of the High Holidays known as Tishri, Jews from North Africa have enjoyed this orange scented boulou bread.
The venerable Jewish population of Libya, having lived there since the third century, now mostly resides in Israel and in North America.
[4] Boulou has a unique taste and texture that can be described as either a sweet cake-like bread or a bread-like cake, as it is close to both.
This variant is uses baking powder instead of yeast as a leavened, and is similar to the Libyan Jewish boulou but with the addition of orange zest and chopped almonds.