Semolina coconut cake
Here is simple delicious nutty cake made with semolina, coconut and fresh orange juice. This cake gets its moistness from a syrup poured it on after baking.
Servings: 12 pieces
Calories: 171kcal
Ingredients
- For cake
- 2 eggs separated
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoon 90ml vegetable oil
- ½ cup 120ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- ½ cup 80g semolina/rava
- ½ cup 70g all purpose flour
- ½ cup 50g desiccated coconut
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp 75g sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- For the syrup
- ½ cup 120ml water
- ½ cup 100g sugar
- 1 tablespoon 15ml lemon juice
- For garnish
- ¼ cup 25g desiccated coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C and grease 8x8 inch pan and line with parchment paper
- In a bowl add flour, semolina, all-purpose flour, baking powder, desiccated coconut and salt and mix well and set aside.
- In another bowl add orange juice, two egg yolks and vegetable oil and mix well.
- Add this egg-oil- orange juice mixture to semolina mixture and mix well and set aside.
- In a kitchen aid bowl add two egg whites and gradually add sugar while beating. Once it reaches soft stiff peak mix in with semolina mixture.
- Then transfer to prepared pan and bake at 350F/ 180C for about 30 minutes
- While cake is baking make the sugar syrup, heat water in a bowl and add sugar and heat until sugar melt, switch off the heat and add lemon juice.
- While cake is warm poke the cake with fork and add the syrup and garnish with desiccated coconut
- Enjoy
Nutrition
Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 155mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 259IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg
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