Iyengar Bakery Style Rava Cake is a very famous and traditional item in any Iyengar Bakery. These Bakeries are famous for adopting quintessentially Indian flavours and seasonings to Western pâtisserie staples such as shortbread cookies and puff pastry. This Eggless Semolina Cake or Rava Cake is a must try recipe as this is an easy recipe requiring very common ingredients.
The legacy of the Iyengar bakeries is believed to have been started by HS Thirumalachar, who hailed from Hassan. He established the first Iyengar bakery named BB (Bengaluru Brothers) Bakery way back in 1898, along with his brother.
Semolina is a coarse durum wheat flour, a hard type of wheat. The other popular names for Semolina are Rava, Suji, Sooji and this is a staple ingredient in Indian Kitchen.
I have used Monk Fruit Sweetener in this recipe since the color of this is white. But you are free to use any other sweetener of our choice. If you use a sweetener which is dark in color, the cake may not be pristine white yet it will taste delicious.
Another thing to note is that aeration of the flour is essential to have a soft texture for this cake.Since we are not adding any oil to this recipe, a well aerated flour with the fat content of cream , yogurt and milk yields a soft texture to the cake.
Semolina is one of my favorite ingredients to bake with. You may check some more recipes of mine here where I have replaced White Flour with Semolina.
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Please try this simple recipe for Iyengar Bakery Style Rava Cake and let me know your feedback.
Iyengar Bakery Rava Cake, With and Without Oven Recipe
Equipment
- I have used standard cup measuring 240 ml.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Thick Yogurt
- ½ cup Cream (Heavy or Light), Or evaporated milk
- ½ cup Milk
- ¾ cup Monk Fruit Sweetener
- 1½ cup Semolina (Coarse or Fine)
- 1½ tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Milk (if required to adjust consistency of dough)
Instructions
- Add Semolina to a Grinder and grind to a fine powder.
- Sift and keep aside.
- Add Yogurt, Cream , Milk and Monk Fruit Sugar to a Bowl.
- Whisk till well combined.
- Add Semolina flour in batches. About 3 tbsp at a time.
- Mix and let the batter rest for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, add Baking powder, Baking Soda, Salt and Essence.
- Mix everything.
- Grease and Line a Baking Pan.This recipe will fit into a round pan of 6 inches or a rectangular pan of about 9×4.
To Bake In the Oven
- Preheat the Oven @ 350°F/180°C. Bake the cake for 40-45 minutes in the middle rack.
- The cake baked in the oven.
To Bake in the Gas or Stove
- Preheat a heavy bottomed Pan for 10 minutes by keeping a plate or trivet inside it.
- Keep it covered while preheating.
- Uncover, keep the pan inside, cover and cook on low flame for 40-45 minutes.
- The cake baked in Gas.
- Let the cake cool for 10 minutes. Unmould, slice and serve.
Nutrition Facts
10 servings per container
- Amount Per ServingCalories122
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat
2.15g
4%
- Saturated Fat 1.21g 7%
- Cholesterol 7.48mg 3%
- Sodium 207.16mg 9%
- Potassium 90.59mg 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
41.38g
14%
- Dietary Fiber 0.98g 4%
- Sugars 1.26g
- Protein 4.97g 10%
- Vitamin A 2%
- Calcium 7%
- Iron 3%
- Magnesium 3%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.