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Published: Jul 1, 2018 · Modified: Dec 6, 2020 by Sandhya Ramakrishnan · This post may contain affiliate links

Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake Recipe

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If you have never baked with semolina before, look no further. This Semolina cake drizzled with honey syrup has a melt in the mouth texture.

Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake in a plate

When deciding the dishes for the alphabets for the month long marathon. I somehow missed the alphabet H. I did later come up with few recipes to make, but never got around to make it.

This Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake was so simple to make with very minimal ingredients. I never thought that the Semolina (Rava) cake could be this soft and spongy. To add on to that the honey syrup on top of the cake was truly amazing. This is also called Honey cake by some. 

I halved the recipe and made it in a 9 inch round cake pan. The original recipe yielded a cake that was made in a 9 by 13 pan. The recipe is adapted from Yummly.com

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Honey Drizzled Semolina cake side view

Ingredients to make Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake – makes a 9 inch round cake

  • Unsalted butter (softened) – ½ stick (4 tbsp)
  • Sugar – ½ cup
  • Egg – 1
  • Milk – ¼ cup
  • Vanilla extract – ½ tsp
  • Fine Semolina (white or yellow) – 1 cup
  • Baking powder – ½ tsp
  • Baking soda – ½ tsp
  • Salt – a pinch

For the syrup –

  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Honey – ¼ cup
  • Water – ½ cup
Honey Drizzled Semolina cake in a plate with top view

Procedure to make Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake –

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 inch round pan and layer it with parchment. Also grease the parchment paper and keep the pan aside.
  • Cream the butter and sugar using a handheld mixer (for this quantity the stand mixer was too big). Then carefully beat in the egg and the sugar. Add the vanilla and mix well again. At this stage the mixture will look curdled, but do not worry.
Mixing wet mixture
  • In another bowl, whisk together the semolina, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Sprinkle this over the butter egg mixture and beat just until smooth.
Adding dry ingredients
  • Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for 20 -25 mins, just until the cake is firm and slightly brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan.
Pouring batter into cake pan

Make the syrup –

  • when the cake is baking, combine all the ingredients mentioned for the syrup in a small sauce pan and mix well. Bring it to boil over medium heat stirring occasionally. Once the mixture boils, simmer for about 5 mins to let the syrup thicken a bit.
Making the syrup
  • Once the cake is out of the oven, evenly pour the syrup over the hot cake. Stop when the cake can absorb no more and then pour again. This way, use the entire syrup to evenly cover the cake.
Adding the syrup
  • Let the cake cool completely in the pan and then slice and serve!
Letting it cool
Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake final product

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Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake

Honey Drizzled Semolina Cake Recipe

If you have never baked with semolina before, this is the recipe you need to try. The Semolina cake drizzled with honey syrup has a melt in the mouth texture.
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Course: Baking
Cuisine: Asian, Mediterranean
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 211kcal
Author: Sandhya Ramakrishnan

Equipment

  • handheld mixer
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoon Unsalted butter softened
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ cup Milk
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Fine Semolina white or yellow
  • ½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Baking soda
  • a pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • ¼ cup Honey
  • ½ cup Water

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 inch round pan and layer it with parchment. Also grease the parchment paper and keep the pan aside.
  • Cream the butter and sugar using a handheld mixer (for this quantity the stand mixer was too big). Then carefully beat in the egg and the sugar. Add the vanilla and mix well again. At this stage the mixture will look curdled, but do not worry.
  • In another bowl, whisk together the semolina, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Sprinkle this over the butter egg mixture and beat just until smooth.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for 20 -25 mins, just until the cake is firm and slightly brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan.
  • when the cake is baking, combine all the ingredients mentioned for the syrup in a small sauce pan and mix well. Bring it to boil over medium heat stirring occasionally. Once the mixture boils, simmer for about 5 mins to let the syrup thicken a bit.
  • Once the cake is out of the oven, evenly pour the syrup over the hot cake. Stop when the cake can absorb no more and then pour again. This way, use the entire syrup to evenly cover the cake.
  • Let the cake cool completely in the pan and then slice and serve!

Nutrition

Calories: 211kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 146IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Sade says

    February 08, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    planning to make this as a base for an ice cream cake

    Reply
    • Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      February 09, 2021 at 11:15 am

      That sounds yum! Let me know how it was!

      Reply
  2. Archana Potdar says

    September 28, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    Wow looks so beautiful. I need to try this soon,

    Reply
  3. Rajani S says

    September 25, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    Saw many versins of this cake...good combinatin of semolina and honey!

    Reply
  4. veena krishnakumar says

    September 24, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    Having seen so may recipes, I think I should try this now...looks very tempting!!

    Reply
  5. Suma Gandlur says

    September 18, 2013 at 9:36 pm

    Love semolina cakes for the texture. very beautifully presented.

    Reply
  6. Sreevalli E says

    September 16, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    Lovely cake.. Looks delicious..

    Reply
  7. Pavani N says

    September 16, 2013 at 2:44 am

    Semolina cake with that honey drizzle looks moist and delicious.

    Reply
  8. Padmajha PJ says

    September 15, 2013 at 10:10 am

    Looks superb!! Must try the eggless version sometime..

    Reply
  9. Chef Mireille says

    September 13, 2013 at 1:25 am

    perfect tea time snack

    Reply
  10. Srivalli says

    September 12, 2013 at 5:13 am

    The cake has come out so well...very nice recipe..

    Reply
  11. Gayathri Ramanan says

    September 11, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    cakes looks super moist and tempting clicks..

    Reply
  12. Harini-Jaya R says

    September 11, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    very inviting!

    Reply
  13. Manjula Bharath says

    September 10, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    very nice and spongy cake !!

    Reply
  14. divya says

    September 10, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    Very inviting and tempting dish...yummilicious!

    Reply
  15. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

    September 10, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    oh yours is mind-blowing!!! same pinch Sandhya!!! looks fabulous!!!

    Sowmya

    Reply
  16. Preeti Garg says

    September 10, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Look so delicious.

    Reply
  17. The Pumpkin Farm says

    September 10, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    absolutely beautiful cake recipe..

    Reply
  18. Priya Suresh says

    September 10, 2013 at 1:31 pm

    Loved baking this cake and having them too. Beautiful cake.

    Reply
  19. Gayathri Kumar says

    September 10, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    The cake has turned out so nice Sandhya...

    Reply

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