Can you believe it? I actually baked. Baking and yours truly? I think you know it. Not my forte. Neither do I have a burning desire, nor, like I have told you before, there are no takers for cakes or even desserts (
Saffron Poached Pears,
Honeydew Sago,
Rava Kesari &
Bubur Cha Cha) in my home. Not even me. Maybe every now and then, I craze, but that too is countable. Of course, the mood for baking (
Marble Cake &
Lemon Buttermilk Cake) does linger on my mind whenever I feel I want to break free from cooking the usual daily meals. On this day, I was so into baking (
Baked Rice Pudding &
Chocolate Tart) and specifically a Sujee Cake. Where did the recipe come from? Actually, to tell you the truth, I did refer to some recipes from my old recipe books (
Cream Puffs) and of course, what is the virtual world for? Millions of recipes popping up the moment you search and seek online (
Eggless Orange Cheesecake)? Still, somehow I am quite apprehensive when it comes to especially cake recipes from books and tell me about what can go wrong for online recipes. Thus, I actually was more convinced by this recipe handed over by my friend who does baking as her part time income. What I learned from her is that you need to soak sujee in milk for softening. Otherwise, sujee will remain grainy once cake is already baked. Made sense and I must admit its a crucial technic because, wouldn't you agree this Sujee Cake is really-really a baking show stealer? Cake sampled by colleagues and they couldn't agree more. So, guys, I will strongly suggest you grab this recipe of mine and I am really certain you will love this soft and melting in the mouth sweet non-sinful pleasure.
Ingredients
250 g butter
200 g sugar
4 eggs
100 g sujee/semolina flour
150 g milk
100 g crushed almonds
150 g plain flour
1 tsp rose essence
1/2 tsp baking powder
Method
Soak sujee in milk for an hour.
Cream butter and sugar till fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time and continue to
cream
Fold in flour gradually.
Add essence, almond and sujee mixture.
Fold/ gently mix to incorporate these
ingredients inside.
Put cake mixture into a greased pan.
Bake at 170C for 1 hour 10 mins or until
cake is cooked.
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