Eggless Semolina Coconut Cake
Looking for a simple yet elegant cake recipe to bake quickly? Try this semolina coconut cake and top it up with your choice of frosting or glaze to suit the occasion and make it as fancy as possible.
Ingredients
- 1 cup semolina/suji/rava (not flour see My Notes)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup desiccated coconut unsweetened
- 1 and ¼ cups white sugar
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup sunflower oil
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F/190C. Grease the bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray and sprinkle some flour lightly.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add the wet ingredients one by one and mix gently with a wooden spoon or spatula till blended.
- Add the baking powder and mix into the batter.
- Pour the batter into a prepared cake pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Notes
- The semolina I have used in this recipe is the Indian semolina aka suji/rava, which looks like cornmeal but has a cream color and not yellow. It's readily available in Indian grocery stores. Both roasted and raw are available. For this recipe, raw semolina is used. I see that some American recipes use a finer semolina flour. I'm not sure how this cake will turn out with semolina flour.
- The next time around, I'm going to try using ½ cup of melted butter or organic coconut oil to give the cake a better flavor. Somehow I didn't like the flavor of sunflower oil in this cake. At least coconut extract or vanilla extract should have been added.
Taste & Texture
- Even with the increased quantity of sugar, this semolina coconut cake had a mild sweetness. If you are the kind of person who likes very sweet cakes, then you will have to increase the quantity of sugar by another ¼ cup or frost it.
- I loved the beautiful texture of this cake. The semolina gave it a grainy texture. You could see the cooked crumbs clearly.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 322kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 123mg | Potassium: 138mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 37IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Vitamin D: 0.2µg | Calcium: 109mg | Iron: 1mg
