A simple and a healthy cake to introduce your kiddo to the world of cakes and cookies. This is a Kids friendly Eggless Sooji Cake/Rava Cake/Semolina Cake without maida and ghee replacing butter.
It can be done with the simple home ingredients which is easily available in your kitchen pantry.
Editors Note – When Kanika sent the recipe, my sweet tooth started craving to eat this one 😉 so I tried out this cake immediately, and mmmm Heavenly taste… my kids too loved it…Do try it for your little one 🙂
How to make Sooji Cake / Rava Cake for Kids?
Ingredients
- 1 cup suji
- 1 cup curd
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Vanilla essence few drops
- A handful of dry fruits chopped(raisins,cashew nuts,almonds,walnuts)
- Almond silvers for garnish
Method
1. In a bowl mix suji and powdered sugar together well.
2.Add curd and then milk, mix properly.
3. Add Ghee and mix well.
4. Add baking powder and vanilla essence.
5. Mix all the ingredients together well.
6. Add dryfruits and mix well.
7. Pour the batter in a greased tin.
8. Garnish with almond silvers.
9. Preheat the oven at 180 degree.
10.Bake in the oven at 180deg.
11. Bake till the cake slightly browns in the corners.
See notes for modification of the recipe for babies less than 1 year.
Also can be made for your munchkins first birthday,just omit the dryfruits and let them enjoy. Check out the full video recipe on our YouTube channel here:
Eggless Sooji Cake/Rava Cake Recipe for Kids
Ingredients
- 1 cup suji
- 1 cup curd
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Vanilla essence few drops
- A handful of dry fruits chopped(raisins,cashew nuts,almonds,walnuts)
- Almond silvers for garnish
Instructions
- In a bowl mix suji and powdered sugar together well.
- Add curd and then milk, mix properly.
- Now add ghee and mix.
- Add baking soda and vanilla essence.
- Mix all the ingredients well
- Add dryfruits.
- Pour the batter in a greased tin.
- Garnish with almond silvers.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Bake in the oven at 180deg.
- Bake till the edges start to brown and a tooth pick comes clean
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Baking powder 1 tsp what should b the quantity to baking soda
Hi Dia,
One teaspoon of baking powder can be replaced with 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda dear.
very tasty cake, i made it and in 2 mins it was wiped out… i added Bkg powder as per recipe as well as a bit of Bkg soda. It was toooo good and my curd was sour yet it came out perfectly delicious n moist, Thank you
Hi,
Wooow, That’s great to know dear. Thank you for sharing your happiness 🙂
What rava have you used? Is it idli rava or Bombay rava ?
Hi Priya,
We have used Bombay rava dear.
How long does it stay good?
Hi,
It stays good for 3 to 4 days dear.
One of the Best recipes… The cake turned out to be soft and yummy !! My family demands more of it now 🙂
Thanks 🙂 Great to know.
Your method of video and written recipe are different . Like milk isn’t written but added in the video recipe . A bit confused
Yes dear thanks for pointing out, we can add milk to create consistency in batter
The videos shows more ingredients then the text. What to follow?
Thanks for pointing this out, we have made the correction.
Hi in ur recipe u havent mentioned milk..bt the video shows to add milk in it…what do i do…plz rep soon as i am in the makin of thw cake already
Hi Sandhi, you do need to add milk, thanks for letting us know to correct the recipe.
Looks great. Can i add any fruit? Like mashed banana to it ? Do i need to reduce any othe ingredients?
My kid doesnt eat fruits so i try to hide them in his cake n muffins. Let me know. Thanks
I tried this and it came out great. I was a quarter spoon short of rava and used while wheat flour to even it. The cake out really well.
Happy to know it turned out well 🙂
Hi,
Ive never tried an eggless cake recipe . I just happened to see your recipe and tried it…I must say it exceeded my expectations…I loved the moistness ,the look and the taste of this cake..very yumm indeed. The only thing I changed was to add cardamom powder instead of vanilla essence. Love it!!!
Dear Lorna,
great to know it turned out so well 🙂
Do you have any instructions for baking using a pressure cooker?
Tried this, yummy!!
Can you provide some instructions to bake this cake in a pressure cooker? TIA!!
Can i use oil instead of ghee? Will it change the overall taste?
Dear Kritika,
Yes you can add oil, there might be a slight difference in taste
Can we bake the rava cake in a cooker. My friend has been doing it.
Yes you can try it in cooker
Preheat timing kitna? For how many minutes preheating oven?
15 to 20 minutes Shilpa
For how long should we bake it approximately???
Hi priyanka, it depends on the oven, check after 30 minutes with a tooth pick
🙂
Wow!A Yummy yet healthy recipe.I am drooling! 🙂
Can this be made without sugar? WIth Jaggery instead? Is vanilla essence safe for a one year old?
Yes it can be one with jaggery, you can skip vanilla essence