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Semolina Cake / Suji Cake / Rawa Cake

21/01/2019 by Sujata Roy 32 Comments

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Suji/rawa or semolina cake.
A cake with all the ingredients we use on sankranti. Loaded with dry fruits, mawa, til or sesame seeds, coconut and flavoured with cardamom and caramel. In Bengal we use khoya/mawa or dried milk, sesame seeds, coconut and dry fruits to make sankranti delicacies. Usually we make a stuffing for our puli pithe with these ingredients. And we use khajur gur or date palm jaggery in this stuffing. I have very little date palm jaggery in my pantry this time so didn’t use jaggery in the cake but drizzled little jaggery syrup on the cake. And it enhanced the flavour and taste. But if you don’t have date palm jaggery then you can skip it.
I have made it with suji or semolina but you can use any flour of your choice.

In dry fruits I have used 2 heaped tablespoon each chopped cashew, raisins, almond, walnut, tutti fruity, candied cherry, you can use any dry fruits of your choice. Make small pieces and use 3/4 – 1 cup mixed dry fruits. I have used my blender to mix sugar with all the other ingredients. So normal granulated sugar is perfectly fine, no need of powdered sugar.

I have made it two times. First one in round cake pan. Used refined flour or maida with semolina. Sprinkle til/sesame seeds and tutti fruity over the cake. Look at the crumb. Cake taste amazing.

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And second time used my bundt pan. Used whole wheat flour or atta instead of refined flour. Sprinkled sesame seeds and tutti fruity in the greased and flour dusted bundt pan and poured the batter over it. You can also make upside down cake in a round cake pan this way.

Last week in our bloghop group we were discussing about festival recipes. Priya Iyer who blog at The World Through My Eyes asked why not cake? So here is super yummy cake for festive season. Thanks Priya for the suggestion.

Sending this post to 179 #Foodiemonday bloghop #foodmagbest theme. This week Seema Doraiswamy Sriram who blog at Mildly Indian suggested the theme.

Do visit her blog for the amazing recipes she shared.

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I have decided to skip this week because Seema suggested that post a recipe which we will love to see on food magazine cover. My all the pictures are clicked by phone. The pictures are simple and mostly unedited. And which is my best recipe? Let’s decide it my readers. But my fellow bloggers and bloghop members said don’t skip and don’t think about cover, just post your recipe. Thanks friends. So here is a delicious and festive cake recipe for my readers with the pictures without any editing. Pictures are simple but taste of this cake is awesome. I am sure you will love the taste.

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Recipe

Suji or semolina – 1 cup

Flour – 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon

Cardamom powder – 1 teaspoon

Khoya/mawa or dried milk – 1/2 cup

Milk – 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoon

Oil – 1/2 cup

Baking powder – 1 teaspoon

Baking soda – 1/2 teaspoon

Thick yogurt – 1/4 cup

Granulated sugar – 1 cup

Caramel essence – 1 teaspoon, optional

Desiccated coconut – 1/2 cup

Cashew nuts – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Raisin – 2 tablespoon

Walnut – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Almond – 2 tablespoon, sliced

Tutti fruity – 2 tablespoon

Candied cherry – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Or

Chopped mixed dry fruits – 3/4 – 1 cup

Sesame seeds and tutti fruity to sprinkle

For jaggery syrup

Khajur gur or date palm jaggery – 1/4 cup, grated

Water – 1 tablespoon

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Method

1. Grease a cake pan with oil and dust with flour or line with parchment paper.

2. Preheat the oven at 180° for 10 minutes.

3. Chop the raisins into half and mix with all the chopped dry fruits and 1 tablespoon flour.

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4. In a blender blend mawa or dried milk, yoghurt, sugar, suji or semolina, milk, cardamom powder, dessicated coconut and oil. You can use your hand blender to blend. I have used soft homemade mawa. Get the mawa or dried milk recipe here.

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5. Blend everything well.

Take out the mixture in a large bowl. Add flour and mix well. Make a lump free batter and keep aside for 30 minutes.

6. Now add baking powder and soda. Mix well.
Fold in the dry fruits.

7. If you are using a round cake pan pour the mixture into the pan. Tap the pan gently to remove air bubbles.

8. Sprinkle some sesame seeds or til. But this step is optional, you can skip it if you like.
Sprinkle tutti fruity over it.

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9. Or you can make upside down cake. And if you are using bundt pan sprinkle sesame seeds and tutti fruity in greased and flour dusted bundt pan.

10. Pour the batter over it. Tap the pan 3-4 times.

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11. Bake in preheated oven at 180° for 35 – 40 minutes or till the toothpick comes out clean.
Let it cool down.

12. In a pan heat date palm jaggery and +1 tablespoon water. Boil till jaggery dissolve completely. Let it cool down.

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13. Turn out the cake into a plate.

14. Drizzle with date palm jaggery syrup.
Slice and enjoy the heavenly taste.
Happy baking 😊

Notes

1. Jaggery syrup is optional. Cake also taste great without it.
2. You can use any flour of your choice with suji or semolina. Like whole wheat flour or atta, refined flour or maida or you can also use any gluten free flour.
3. Cake can be made with any flour instead of suji or semolina.
4. Sugar will be mixed with other ingredients in blender so normal granulated sugar can be used.

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  1. smriti ganguly says

    21/01/2019 at 10:49 AM

    Pics r really very beautiful.👌👌👌
    Pisces r looking very soft. I m sure it must be soft and yummy.
    Thanks for such Innovative ideas of cooking and Baking.🙏🙏

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/01/2019 at 11:45 AM

      Thanks Smriti. I am super happy with the taste. Everyone loved it 😍

      Reply
  2. Ruchisvegkitchen says

    21/01/2019 at 12:15 PM

    Beautiful recipe. Looks gorgeous. Awesome bake

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/01/2019 at 12:20 PM

      Thanks a lot Ruchi dear 😍

      Reply
  3. dpranita583 says

    21/01/2019 at 12:36 PM

    Beautiful cake.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/01/2019 at 1:52 PM

      Thank you so much 😊

      Reply
  4. The Girl Next Door says

    21/01/2019 at 3:34 PM

    As always, a brilliant sweet treat, Sujata! 🙂 The cake looks absolutely amazing. I can imagine just how beautiful all those flavours would taste!

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/01/2019 at 5:04 PM

      Thanks a lot Priya. Yes its taste really amazing. Thanks dear for your suggestion 😍

      Reply
  5. mistimaan says

    21/01/2019 at 4:20 PM

    So yummy

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/01/2019 at 5:02 PM

      Thanks Priyabrataa 😊

      Reply
  6. Vidya Narayan says

    22/01/2019 at 1:36 AM

    The cake looks moist and like you mentioned loaded with all the Sankranti ingredients. I love sesame seeds in bakes as well as tutty fruity, so this definitely is my kinda dessert.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      22/01/2019 at 3:23 AM

      Thank you so much Vidya. Please do try, I am sure you will love the taste 😊

      Reply
  7. Vandana Mathur says

    22/01/2019 at 4:41 PM

    Wow, the cake is looking beautiful! I had tried to make semolina cake for my mother in law many years back and it tasted like suji ka halwa. After that I never tried to make it. Thanks for the recipe. I will try it soon.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      22/01/2019 at 5:02 PM

      Thanks a lot Vandana. Glad you liked it. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😊

      Reply
  8. mayurisjikoni says

    22/01/2019 at 6:52 PM

    A tempting cake Sujata, wouldn’t have thought of making it for Makar Sankranti, but you’ve done it. I’ll have to try out this cake with loads of sesame seeds and jaggery. Sujata even I use my phone for clicking photos as I don’t have a camera. I find that the best tip is have enough natural light in the room and the photos come out good. The only editing I do is slightly brighten them up.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      23/01/2019 at 12:58 AM

      Thanks a lot Mayuri for the tip and compliment. I also like to click in natural light but please have a look, my round cake is clicked in natural light and bundt cake clicked in room with one CFL and one tube light. Do try this cake and let me know how it turns out. I am sure you will love the taste 😊

      Reply
  9. PepperOnPizza says

    23/01/2019 at 4:31 PM

    Im blown away by the texture of this cake. How you have achieved it with semolina, I don’t know, and I should try for myself. How innovative, to use Sankranti’s traditional sesame seeds and jaggery in a cake! The images are lovely too, I don’t know why you were hesitating to post this! Sujata Shukla

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      23/01/2019 at 5:03 PM

      Thanks a lot Sujata Shukla for your encouraging words. Glad you liked it. Please do try. Taste is really awesome. I am sure you will love the taste 😍

      Reply
  10. preethi76 says

    23/01/2019 at 11:08 PM

    Tempting Cake Sujata dee.Love this healthy bake using Sesame seeds and jaggery.Love this flavorful and delish cake

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/01/2019 at 12:42 AM

      Thank you so much Preethi 😊

      Reply
  11. poonampagar says

    24/01/2019 at 5:19 AM

    I love suji cake di. Your cake with Sankranti ingredients sounds so innovative and the texture if the cake is fantastic !

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/01/2019 at 9:02 AM

      Thank you so much Poonam 😊

      Reply
  12. FoodTrails says

    24/01/2019 at 5:22 AM

    Loved this cake.. too good Sujataji, cake with all the Sankranti ingredients!! loved this healthy cake recipe.. looks delish!!

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/01/2019 at 9:02 AM

      Thanks a lot Swaty 😊

      Reply
  13. Sasmita Sahoo Samanta says

    31/01/2019 at 11:36 AM

    Love this baked dish using semolina di ! use of sesame seeds particularly on top is quite awesome idea to get some crunch

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      04/02/2019 at 2:47 PM

      Thank you so much Sasmita 😊

      Reply
  14. Seema Doraiswamy Sriram says

    01/02/2019 at 6:15 AM

    oh my what a wonderful bake. i don’t have a bundt pan can i try in a normal pan?

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      01/02/2019 at 5:52 PM

      Thanks a lot Seema. Yes you can bake this cake in any cake pan 😊

      Reply
  15. themadscientistskitchen says

    03/02/2019 at 5:17 AM

    Wow! what a glorious looking cake. I love the crumb and the moistness. Beautiful cake that will adore any magazine cover. Will try it sometime, in fact, I am sorry I did not read it earlier as it is already too hot to use til.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      03/02/2019 at 6:46 AM

      Thanks a lot Archana. Til used only for topping. You can skip it 😊

      Reply
  16. Veena Krishnakumar says

    03/02/2019 at 12:38 PM

    This is one gorgeous cake. I love the texture of this cake. Beautifully photographed

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      04/02/2019 at 2:36 PM

      Thanks a lot Veena 😊

      Reply

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I am Sujata Roy. A homemaker, a blogger, a passionate cook, a recipe developer, a home baker, and lastly a foodie.

Experimenting in the kitchen is what I love and enjoy doing the most. Specially experimenting with vegetarian dishes and egg-less cakes and cookies is what interests me more.

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