

This butter free and eggs free Semolina Coconut Cake will blow your mind. This can be your perfect tea cake or that perfect afternoon pick-me-up cake. This is a very popular cake in many parts of the world though named differently. This Semolina Coconut Cake is also known as the famous Baath Cake in Goa or the Basbousa Cake in Egypt and middle east. You might want to check out another middle eastern cake – Mini Persian Love Cakes (No-Eggs)
In this Semolina Coconut Cake recipe, I’m going to add the oven method as well as the pressure cooker method. I have tried both and the outcome on both methods has been awesome.
One thing I want to add here is that, in this Semolina Coconut Cake, you don’t have to use coconut if you are not big on coconut flavor. Add some dry fruits instead. But I love the coconut flavor, so I added coconut.
This is one cake my husband loves a lot. It gives me a lot of pleasure to see him enjoy this cake as he is very picky about other cakes. Another cake that’s a favorite for my husband and my parents is the Date Cake. I make either a Semolina Coconut Cake or a Date cake or a Pistachio Rose water Cake at least twice a month.
Since I decided to keep this post short (I know, right), I’m gonna stop talking now and go straight to the Ingredients.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup/167 gms semolina or sooji
- 1 cup/200 gms sugar
- 1 cup/100 grams grated coconut (fresh or dry)
- 1 cup/250 ml oil (I used olive oil)
- 1 cup/245 gms yogurt
- 1 cup/237ml milk
- 1 cup/136 gms all purpose flour
- 1 TBSP baking powder
- 1 TBSP vanilla essence or rose water
METHOD – OVEN
- Pre heat the oven to 350 degree F
- Mix all the ingredients and allow to rest for 15 minutes
- Pour the mixture into a greased baking pan
- Bake for 35/40 minutes
METHOD – PRESSURE COOKER
- Take the whistle and the gasket out of the cooker
- Place a stand inside the cooker and put the lid on without the casket or whistle
- Switch on the gas to high and pre heat the pressure cooker for 5 minutes.
- Pour the semolina coconut mixture into a greased pan. I used a small square pan that fits into my pressure cooker but you can use small round ones.
- Put the pan onto the pre heated pressure cooker and cook for 60/70 minutes on medium heat.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Do not use water in the pressure cooker
Do not use salt in the pressure cooker
Do not use the gasket (the rubber ring around the rim of the lid of your pressure cooker) or the whistle
Always place a plate or stand at the bottom of the pressure cooker to make sure heat is spread evenly while cooking
Keep flame to a simmer so that the cooker doesn’t heat up too much
Always be super careful when using your pressure cooker to make a cake and watch your safety.
PIN for LATER —-

This looks super soft ! I just love the cake recipe without eggs & butter.
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Excellent
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This looks awesome…. have to try
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can we have a video.. Do we add water to the pressure cooker with the greased
bowl ?
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Do we have to put salt or water at the bortom of the pressure cooker?
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Hi Preeti. No we don’t have to put salt or water. Just pre heat the pressure cooker for 15 mins on high with a stand inside in it.
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Hi Preeti. No we don’t have to put salt or water. Just pre heat the pressure cooker for 15 mins on high with a stand inside in it.
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Hi Rashmi. Thank you
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Thank you!
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Thank you Megala. Me too.
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Thanks for recipe I love coconut n semolina. Will make this lovely cake on the weekend.
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Can i use butter instead of oil
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Absolutely!!
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Can I bake this in oven also
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Without water.. How can we bake in cooker.. The surface might get burnt of continuous heating.. Pl solve my confusion… Will it be safe?
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Amazing Recipe. Without Butter! Wow!
Can I skip coconut or replace it with something?
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Yes! You can. I have given the oven method in the recipe too
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Water will make it cook. Water won’t bake it. And to avoid the over heating, we have to cook the cake in medium heat. But it’s important to pre heat the cooker before you put your cook tin inside it. Also make sure to use s stand inside the cooker.
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Yes! You can. Add 1/2 cup chopped dry fruits instead.
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I just started to reallllllly love coconut a couple years back. I have never had it in a cake though, so I’m definitely saving this one to try out asap! Sounds amazing!
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Yum, this cake looks so light and airy.
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This cake is so unique! I love that it can be made two different ways. Perfect for an afternoon sweet treat.
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How much time is required if we are cooking in microwave.pls share the procedure.
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M definitely gg to try this in the cooker
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Nidhi, I haven’t tried this cake in microwave. I have only done it in cooker or oven.
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Thanks Louiza
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Oh my gosh! This coconut cake looks unreal–definitely going to give it a try! Thanks!
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This looks so lovely! I can imagine now, a slice with my morning coffee! I can’t wait to try it!
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Can I use dry coconut powder?
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That looks really good!
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Hi Anjana, yes you can.
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What variety of semolina have you used? Fine or coarse?
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Thanks Fozi! I used the regular upma variety that we get from store
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Can I use whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour
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Yes,Shipra. You can but the texture will be a little dense.
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hey ,i tried d recipe… taste wise its awsome… but d texture s a little dense… vl it b so? or did i do smething wrong… ?
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Hi, can we use jaggery instead of sugar?
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Hi, amazing recipe…just want to know why to keep for rest after mixing .
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Must try cake it is .. amazing
Two questions
should milk and yours be at room temperature?
what difference does oil make in cake instead of butter ?
TIA
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Hi Aish, have you used loaf pan ?
what size ?
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Awesome….I was desperately looking out for this…great! Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much!
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I used a small loaf pan.
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Butter makes the richer. But I use oil to make the cakes a little healthier. 🙂
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Anita – we rest the batter for few minutes so that they rise a bit.
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Yes you can.
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Its supposed to be a little dense.
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Hi
Can I use tutti frutti in it
In the pressure cooker do I cook for an hour without water ?
Thanka
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Made the semolina coconut cake..Such an awesome super moist cake. loved the taste of it…Thanks a ton for sharing it…
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Can I use butter or cream icing over it later…thanks in advance
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So yummy one of my favorite cake . It’s really yummm . I love to eat with white chocolate ganach 😋👌🎂
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So yummy one of my favorite cake . It’s really yummm . I love to eat with white chocolate ganach 😋👌🎂
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Please give me idea,if I want to use egg how many I should take n what should I remove from recipe.
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I tried this recipe last night. The cake cane out smelling great but its literally oozing oil… its soaked up almost 5 kitchen towels of oil. And it still looks oily. Is 1 cup of olive oil too much for these measurements or have i dont something wrong here? I used the exact measurements to a T otherwise
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Mam can’t you upload the video for better understanding if it suits yoi
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Hi,
I read many of your cake recipes, you have written, sugar, whether it is powdered sugar or normal crystal Sugar, little confused. And in few you said mix sugar with Maida. So I felt it must be powdered sugar. Can you please clear the doubt. Thank you.
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Tried it.loved it. The top dried out a bit(probably cos convention mode of microwave,rods on top). But the cake tasted great. This one is a keeper😊 thank you.
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Hi! I live in California. The sugar is very fine here. Almost like powdered sugar. But its regular table sugar/castor sugar.
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It was little granulated sugar, so I powdered it and used in one of the cake from your website. Sorry I forgot to mention my name here. Shall I use powdered sugar?
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Hi Hema! Yes you can use powdered sugar
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Thanks a lot.
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Hi
I followed your recipe of Coconut cake…it turned out too delicious n soft .First time when I made it turned out super soft n spongy but now when I make it isn’t that soft .what could be the reason ? I tried Pressure Cooker Method.
How to make it spongy ?
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Baking soda is not needed here?
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You haven’t used baking soda in recipe. Any specific reason?
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This is an excellent perfect recipe. I halved it since I had a small loaf pan only. Already made it twice in the past week. Thank you so much. Today tried with whole wheat flour and raw coconut sugar and it tasted great. Thank you once again.
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Thank you Nithya! If you liked the recipe, would you mind giving it few stars? 🙂
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Hi! Its not required. )
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