Sunday, January 22, 2012

Eggless Banana - Semolina Cake


Today is the 7th and final day of the first round of blogging marathon #12. I was planning to post a banana bread but couldn't take the pictures because of the bad weather all week long here. I so, thought of posting this banana - semolina cake instead, that was inspired from this recipe. This post was lying in my drafts as I was not happy with these images but since I couldn't come up with a post today, I had to use it. :) I need to update the images the next time I try this.
The cake is absolutely delicious and this recipe is a keeper. Keep rotating different fruits whenever you prepare this cake so that you end up with a different flavored one each time. Though it appears to have a gritty, crisp surface from the image, it becomes softer at room temperature.  

Before going to today's recipe, here is a recap of my "Something Sweet" themed posts.
Day 1 - Carrot - Apple Muffins
Day 2 - Kesar Sandesh / Sondesh 
Day 3 - Chocolate Chip - Oatmeal Cookies 
Day 4 - Microwave Apple Crisp
Day 5 - Blackberry Cobbler
Day 6 - Dates - Coconut Kheer

Ingredients:
1 cup semolina
1 cup banana puree
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cardamom powder
1 Tbsp melted butter
2 Tbsp raisins
2 Tbsp walnut pieces
1 tsp baking powder


 Method:
* Combine all the ingredients except walnuts in a bowl and keep aside covered for 10 minutes.
* Preheat the oven at 375 deg F.
* Grease a baking pan. This batter doesn't raise much and so the batter can be filled up to 3/4th of the pan. I used 2 one cup capacity baking pans.
* Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle with walnut pieces. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted at the center comes out clean.
* Cool, slice and serve.



This goes to Raven's CEDD event guesthosted by me.

Comments

21 comments:

  1. looks nice & grainy :)...lovely clicks

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  2. Looks very crumbly and soft!..nice one..Glad to have run this BM with you Suma..looking fwd to the next round.

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  3. I love the idea of banana bread/cake...will try it soon sometime!

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  4. Perfect looking cake....yum...

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  5. Wat a prefectly baked cake, looks absolutely stunning and incredible..

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  6. looks super delicious and tempting.

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  7. Beautiful and delicious looking bread.

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  8. Nice cake Suma never tried a cake with semolina have to try some time.

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  9. 'Dessert Queen'...you must be shocked to know that the maximum dessert recipes I've bookmarked are yours!! :)
    This one also adds up to the list.
    Semolina cake...sounds too good!!

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  10. Good one. We also love the cakes with semolina. I have tried various combinations but never got to take the pictures as they disappeared so fast :)

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  11. Wow this looks yummy !! perfectly done !!

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  12. Moist and yummy looking bread. Nice recipe. Looks so good. YUM!

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  13. Semolina cake looks so delicious with the banana. Havent tried cakes with semolina :)

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  14. this is a very fun recipe!..I am loving it!...yum

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  15. I tried cake only one time semolina. Looks superb and delicious.

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  16. i think the pics are lovely! this cake looks so fluffy... never baked an entire cake made of only semolina

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  17. Semolina cake looks lovely! Small enough for a late night snack, for 2. :)

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  18. loved the combo.. somehow I alwasy forget that banana breads can be made with semolina too :-) bookmarkign this - will surely try this soon !


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