Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive malignant tumor which is histologically a distinct variant of squamous cell carcinoma.In the head and neck, it occurs most commonly in the pyriform sinus, larynx, and base of the tongue. Palate is very–very rare site of BSCC development and only few cases have been reported in the literature. This report presents a case of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma in the palate of a 75 year–old woman who presented with a painful mass at hard palate of the left side. The patient was treated by infrastructural maxillectomy.