Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Baath Cake - Goan Semolina & Coconut Cake~~My Guest Post for Priya

Guest posting, love the friendship behind this. This baath cake is my 8th guest post i prepared specially for one of my blogger buddy aka one of my virtual sister Priya of  Cook Like Priya.

Christmas is one of the festival we never failed to celebrate here, the chilled weather of december gives a wonderful festive mood and every year we wait eagerly for this festival.

When Priya asked me something christmassy, initially i want to make a christmas special bread from Europe. Finally after many hesitation,i went for an Indian christmas cake.I usually bake the famous plum cake,somehow i dont want to reproduce the same for this guest post. I know Goan makes many traditional christmas special bakes every year and Baath cake is among them.

Coming to this Baath cake,this cake is prepared with freshly grated coconut and semolina, with less butter this cake goes for an easy breezy preparation. With a wonderful texture,this cake tastes fabulous and melt in mouth.Goans prepared this cake traditionally in clay oven for every christmas and definitely this cake have its own place in every home during christmas.


Even blogging is a virtual world, am blessed to get a decent number of wonderful friends.I can say that Priya R of Cook Like Priya is one among them, she is a very friendly food blogger, fabulous photographer. I started chitchatting with her after we joined a monthly baking event.She shares wonderful traditional dishes to mindblowing bakes with her own touch,eventhough i have numerous favourites in her space my recent favourite post of her is this Choco Beet Cake.


3 nos Eggs
1 cup Semolina (fine quality)
2 cups Grated fresh coconut
1+1/2 cups Sugar
3 tbsp All purpose flour
1 tbsp Corn flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking powder
3 tbsp Butter (room temperature)
1 tbsp Vanilla essence
1/2 cup Warm water
Few dry fruits

Beat the eggs till they turns fluffy and add the butter to it,beat again for few minutes.

Grind the grated coconut with warm water to make a thick coarse paste.

In an another bowl, take the semolina,all purpose flour,baking powder,cornflour,salt and sugar and mix well.

Now add the grounded coarse coconut paste,beaten eggs gradually to the dry ingredients.Mix everything well with a spatula.

Cover it and keep the above mixture for 8 hours in room temperature (if the climate is chilled) or over night for best results.

If the climate is hot, cover this cake batter and keep in fridge for 8 hours or overnight, remove an hour earlier to bring it at room temperature before baking. Finally add the vanilla essence and give a stir.

Preheat the oven to 170C. Transfer the cake batter to a well greased round or square mold. Top it with dry fruits. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Your Baath Cake is ready.


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If you want something different for your christmas celebration this year, dont hesitate a second to give a try to this fabulous cake.

45 comments:

Srividhya Ravikumar said... Reply To This Comment

wow priya..love it..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Love this Priya!!! very nicely done!!
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Rani acharyulu said... Reply To This Comment

Fabulous yummy sponge cake,specially that last click looks so tempting.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Very different and looks good!

great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

So yummy, moist and soft looking cake
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Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Am initely gonna try this Priya. Awesome bake

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Thank u so much akka for the kind words :) I am honored and a special thanks for this wonderful recipe in my space... and I am not surprised by the wonderful comments on your interview :) proud to have a great cook as a friend & sister... keep giving us your versatile recipes ;)

Love
Priya

Anu said... Reply To This Comment

This cake is definitely a hit one..looks so yummy..soft and delicious..

Alessandra said... Reply To This Comment

Congratulation to the other Priya, this cake looks delicious!

Ciao
Alessandra

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

soft and spongy.. liked your last click..

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory) said... Reply To This Comment

That looks great, heading over to check out your guest post :)

Suhaina said... Reply To This Comment

This looks yumm Priya. Love the beautiful clicks

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Soft yummy cake..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Super yummy it looks!!

Rosh said... Reply To This Comment

That looks really delicious! Never heard of this cake before. It looks so moist!

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My Kitchen Antics said... Reply To This Comment

never heard of this before priya..but im loving the look of it and the ingredients :)

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

lipsmacking...wonderful cliks Priya.:)
Tasty Appetite

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Hello...

One Word - "Mouth Watering Blog" You made my mind think again.One thing to tell you that i am very foody person & 2nd thing i loved so much goan food..I am visiting goa almost every year during Christmas.

Thanks again & good luck
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow very delicious cake...nice combo with coconut...
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Asmita said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious cake!

themustardseed said... Reply To This Comment

I truly enjoyed reading this post and getting to hear more about you with the interview and the tips you gave. Love this recipe as always something new to learn from you :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

cake looks superb priya!

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Looks very delicious priya..nice clicks.

lubnakarim06 said... Reply To This Comment

something new to me...cake looks extremely yum....

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

Cake looks great.I am sure it tastes as good as it looks.

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful and delicious traditional cake.

raaji said... Reply To This Comment

cake with a coconut touch..love the dry fruits on the top

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Coconut and semolina should give a nice texture to the cake!

divya said... Reply To This Comment

wow..looks simply fantastic... please pass on the plate :)

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Beautifully made,great guest post

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

Very soft n delicious cake...wonderful Recipe n lovely pictures...great Job priya!

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

yummy and fantastic cake, looks tempting.

kala said... Reply To This Comment

Very moist what could make holiday season so happy with this cakeee

Saraswathi Ganeshan said... Reply To This Comment

Superb cake. Love the texture dear..
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Shylaja said... Reply To This Comment

Wow. Looks super delicious and nice clicks...

Mrs.Ahmed said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful..!!
Lovely presentation :)

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Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

This is a perfect recipe for my dad who hates me using maida in cooking. thanks for sharing.

Priya Satheesh said... Reply To This Comment

wooow...Yummy yummy!!!Never heard this...Will try soon!

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

yummy cake dear...

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

Wonderful guest post, and a beautiful, delicious, cake! Love the pretty festive photos, as well:)

~ Lopa said... Reply To This Comment

Looks really nice, am gonna try baking this one of these days!

~ Lopa said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely recipe !
Am gonna try it one of these days !! :)

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Fantastic picture Priya. Want to try this real quick. Yummy!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I have heard so much about this Goan cake Priya, must try sometime.

Jaleela Kamal said... Reply To This Comment

wow super ooooo super kalakkuriingka priya