Recipe: Semolina Cake For Mum

Recipe: Semolina Cake For Mum

By Rippan Sandhu

Ingredients
1 ½ cup fine semolina
1 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup sugar (adjust to taste)
1/4 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
1 tsp orange blossom water (optional)
Finely grated zest of Orange or Lemon (optional)
For garnish (optional): Sliced almonds, pistachios, or any nuts of your choice

Instructions

Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a cake pan or line it with parchment paper.

In a Mixing Bowl

In a mixing bowl, combine the fine semolina, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix well to ensure even distribution of the leavening agents.

Prepare Wet Ingredients + Sugar

In another bowl, whisk together the plain yogurt, sugar, vegetable oil or melted butter, vanilla extract, and lemon juice or vinegar until the sugar is dissolved.

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Mix until you get a smooth batter.

Adjust Consistency

Depending on the thickness of the batter, you may need to adjust the consistency by adding milk. Add milk gradually until you get a smooth, pourable batter. The consistency should be similar to pancake batter.

Pour Batter into the Pan

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and spread it evenly using a spatula.

Garnish (Optional)

Sprinkle sliced almonds, pistachios, or any nuts of your choice on top of the batter for added flavour and texture.

Bake

Place the cake pan in the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Cool and Serve

Once baked, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then, transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, slice and serve your delicious eggless fluffy semolina cake!

Variation

To make it vegan one can replace Milk, Yogurt, butter with and vegan milk or coconut milk and coconut yoghurt. I have not tried vegan products so cannot comment much on taste, but I think using coconut milk, and yoghurt would add to a delicious taste if you like coconut.