Semolina cake
Eggless semolina and coconut yogurt cake with almonds. Serves 8
A moist eggless cake made with semolina, coconut and yogurt, baked with slivered almonds on the bottom and top and moistened with orange juice. Serve with coconut ice cream or custard sauce.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
For the topping
To serve
Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Heat the oven to 325°F (275°F fan). Grease and flour a 20 cm round baking tin.
Step 2: Sprinkle half the 20 blanched almonds over the bottom of the tin.
Step 3: Mix the 7 ½ oz semolina, 2 tbsp self-raising flour, 6 ½ oz sugar, 2 tbsp butter, 5 ½ oz desiccated coconut, 1 cup yogurt and 1 tsp vanilla essence to a dropping consistency.
Step 4: Spoon the mixture into the tin and sprinkle the rest of the almonds on top.
Step 5: Bake for 25–30 minutes until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
30 minStep 6: Pour the ¼ cup orange juice over the hot cake to moisten it.
Step 7: Serve warm or cold with 1 ¾ cups coconut ice cream or custard sauce.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 375 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 51 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does semolina cake take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of self-raising flour?
- Plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder per 150g (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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