My first cake !!

Submitted by bhaskari on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 22:35
hi everone this is the first cake i have made and its a heathy one too!! my bro bought n oven a month back and i have been trying to bake a cake since then but since we r brahmins, no egg and also no one lkes chocolate at home except me, so no chocolate cake also(sign!) still for this new year a healthy cake that also tastes good!i clicked the photo before it got set in the freezer but after half an hour it was in pieces since my bro had started eating it. here the recipe, adapted from the blog saffron trail: Ingredients 1-2 tbsp ghee (if you don't have this, use unsalted butter) 1 1/4 cup semolina (buy the finer of the varieties) 3/4 cup jaggery (u can use sugar too) 3 bananas - medium sized 1 pack thick coconut milk (I used Dabur's 200 ml pack) 1/2 cup water 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking powder Directions 1. Grease a 9" or so microwave safe flatware with some ghee on your fingertips. Keep aside. 2. In a blender / mixer, place the 3 peeled bananas with the jaggery, make a smooth paste and keep aside. 3. Heat the remaining ghee in a heavy bottomed wok, put in the semolina. On medium to low flame, constantly stir it around until it turns lightly golden. This part requires your full attention for 5-7 minutes and the slightest burnt semolina will spoil the taste of the cake( if its already roasted one then skip this step). 4. Once the semolina turns golden, turn flame to lowest possible, pour in the banana-jaggery paste, till it is nearly absorbed by the semolina. This will take 30 seconds to a minute. Take the wok off the flame. 5. In a jug, whisk well the coconut milk, water, salt, baking powder, cardamom powder and pour it into the semolina mix in the wok. Stir well till ingredients are blended through. 6. Pour this mix into the greased microwave safe dish. Garnish with any nuts /dried fruits or candied fruit to make it more appealing to kids. 7.Microwave at 100% for 5 minutes. Check the degree to which the cake is cooked and then depending on that microwave at 80% for 2 minutes or so. Remove, cool and cut into squares /diamonds. 8. Serve warm.
bhaskari
This cake needs to be refrigerated because of its coconut milk content which may go rancid if left out for longer time. Later u can warm it and eat but its good cold also.You can try this with whole wheat flour instead of semolina also, just increase the baking powder a tad bit. It tastes good too.
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 22:37 Permalink
Lata
Looks yummy! Thanks for posting the eggless recipe.
Sun, 01/02/2011 - 21:24 Permalink
Dr.Rekha Shetty
Yummy,right time you have given me this cake belive me i am very ungry right now .thank you for your cake .Is it possible to make this cake without microwave?
Fri, 01/07/2011 - 20:15 Permalink