Coconut Suji Cake Recipe
If you are fond of baking cakes at home, then add this Coconut Suji Cake to your list. With its chewy texture and classic flavours, Coconut Suji Cake will leave you craving for more. For all the coconut lovers out there, this cake is a must-try. To prepare this recipe, you just need a handful of ingredients. The combination of suji cooked in milk and combined with sugar and cocoa powder is indeed heavenly. A final garnish of desiccated coconut on the tops acts as a cherry on the cake. We have used plain milk here but if you want to enhance the coconut flavours even further, then use coconut milk. Ingredients like almonds, cashews, raisins, walnuts, dried tutti-frutti, choco chips etc can also be mixed with the batter to add more flavours to the coconut cake. You can use jaggery powder or any other sweetener of your choice instead of white sugar to make the cake healthier. You can bake this coconut cake for parties, birthdays, anniversaries, get-togethers etc and everyone will love it for sure. Do try this recipe, rate it and let us know how it turned out to be.
Ingredients of Coconut Suji Cake
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 6 tablespoon desiccated coconut
- whipped cream as required
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Pinch salt
How to make Coconut Suji Cake
Step 1 Mix the dry ingredientsIn a mixer, grind suji for 1 minute until you achieve a fine suji flour. Take it out in a bowl and add cocoa powder and salt.
Step 2 Mix milk with other ingredientsIn a vessel, add milk, butter, sugar (keep 2 tbsp aside for later) and vanilla essence and keep on low flame until sugar is dissolved completely. Do not boil the mixture.
Step 3 Make a batterAdd this warm mixture to the dry ingredients slowly and keep mixing until well combined. Cover and let the batter rest for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven at 180 degrees Celcius for 15 minutes. Grease and dust flour on your baking tin. Once rested, add the baking powder and baking soda to the cake batter and mix well, do not whip or over mix the batter.
Step 4 Bake the cakePour this cake batter into a baking tin and bake at 180 degrees Celcius for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Step 5 Roast the desiccated coconutIn a pan, roast the desiccated coconut on low flame until it turns golden in colour. Remove onto a plate and let it cool down a bit. Mix it with 2 tbsp powdered sugar.
Step 6 Garnish and serveSpread some whipped cream on the baked cake and garnish it with coconut mixture. Make sure the entire surface and sides are lightly coated with coconut flakes. Once done, cut into pieces and serve.
Tips
- You can use coconut milk instead of plain milk for that extra coconut punch.
- Add nuts of your choice to make the cake tastier.
