rava cake recipe | semolina cake recipe | suji cake or sooji cake with detailed photo and video recipe. basically a spongy & sweet cake recipe prepared from rava or semolina with curd and milk. it has a strong similarities to basbousa, an native egyptian and traditional middle eastern sweet cake which is mainly prepared from sooji and dry fruits.
i am a big fan of this recipe and to be honest this is one of the baking recipe i had learned even before marriage. however, these days i avoid this recipe and prepare it less frequently because of my husband. he does not like rava cake or to be precisely does not like rava in a cake. i end up most of the time baking simple chocolate cake or mug cake. according to him, rava cake is very similar to rava kesari but a baked one. hence i end up preparing the later one with ghee and lots of dry fruits and raisins.
while the recipe is extremely simple, yet few tips and suggestions for perfect rava cake. firstly, i have used convection oven to bake this cake. however you can also use baking oven or otg with the same temperature. further it can also be prepared in cooker with steam. you can check my cooker cake recipe for detailed recipe. secondly, never forget to add dry fruits and raisins or tooti frooti to this recipe. otherwise it would taste pale with just rava. finally you can also use vegetable oil or any other oil instead of butter for semolina cake.
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rava cake recipe | semolina cake recipe | suji cake or sooji cake
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter (melted)
- ¾ cup - 1 cup powdered sugar (adjust to sweetness)
- 1½ cup semolina / sooji / bombay rava
- ½ cup maida / plain flour / refined flour
- pinch of salt
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
- ¼ cup curd / yogurt (whisked)
- 1 cup milk (adjust consistency)
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- handful of dry fruits (chopped (almonds, pistachios, cashews))
- 2 tbsp tutti frutti (optional)
Instructions
- firstly, in a bowl take melted butter, powdered sugar.
- whisk continuously, till the mixture turns silky smooth.
- further add rava, maida, salt and cardamom powder.
- additionally add curd and milk.
- mix well and soak for 30 minutes.
- also add baking powder and baking soda.
- furthermore, add dry fruits and 2 tbsp tutti frutti.
- mix well and transfer to cake tin.
- bake the cake at 180 degree celsius or 356 degree fahrenheit for 40 minutes.
- further, cool down the cake completely. also transfer the cake to cooling rack to cool faster.
- finally, cut the cake and serve rava cake along with masala tea in your evening snacks.
how to make sooji cake or suji cake with step by step photo:
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take ½ cup melted butter.
- also add ¾ cup of powdered sugar. add 1 cup for more sweetness.
- whisk continuously, till the mixture turns silky smooth.
- further add 1½ cup rava, ½ cup maida, salt to taste and cardamom powder.
- additionally add ¼ cup curd and ¾ cup milk.
- mix well add milk if required to adjust the consistency.
- pour ¼ cup more milk over top and level it up. this prevents from drying.
- allow to soak for 30 minutes.
- now mix well and adjust to dropping consistency by adding milk if required.
- also add ¾ tsp baking powder and ½ tsp baking soda.
- furthermore, add handful of dry fruits and 2 tbsp tutti frutti.
- mix well making sure everything is combined well. do not over mix.
- meanwhile, preheat the microwave in convection mode / oven to 180°c for 10 minutes and transfer the cake batter to a cake mould (dia: 7 inch, height: 4 inch). make sure to line a butter paper at the bottom to prevent from sticking.
- and also tap twice to level up uniformly and remove any air bubbles if present.
- bake the cake at 180 degree celsius or 356 degree fahrenheit for 40 minutes. to bake in cooker check out the notes section below.
- to check the cake has baked completely, always insert a toothpick at the centre and see if it comes out clean. else bake for 5 more minutes.
- further, cool down the cake completely. also transfer the cake to cooling rack to cool faster.
- finally, cut the cake and serve rava cake along with masala tea in your evening snacks.
notes:
- firstly, if using salted butter then avoid adding extra salt.
- also, replace maida with wheat flour to make cake more healthy.
- further, add 3 tbsp cocoa powder to the mixture, if preparing chocolate rava cake.
- additionally, to bake in cooker check out how to bake in cooker.
- finally, use fine quality rava to prepare rava cake more tasty.
Hi I have a doubt, I don’t have baking soda but I do have the baking powder. So should I increase baking powder quantity? Will it have the same effect?
recommend to use baking soda and baking powder.
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