Goan Batica Recipe, How to Make Goan Baath Cake
Servings: 15 - 20 people
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Goan Baath Cake is prepared mostly at occasions at most Goan Houses. This is a very traditional goan sweet recipe prepared at christmas. It is mostly made with desiccated cocconut or fresh coconut and semolina (rava). This is a delicious goan cake check the recipe below
Ingredients
- 2 cups grated coconut or desiccated coconut
- 6 eggs
- 1/ 2 cup butter melted
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup semolina fine rava
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
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Instructions
- For Goan Baath, grind the grated coconut / desiccated coconut with little water to a fine paste.
- Beat the eggs with the egg beater, till they become light and fluffy in large bowl.
- Now mix the butter and sugar together separately very well. Then add the mixture to the beaten egg and mix well.
- Add the coconut paste to the above mixture and mix well.
- Next mix together semolina (rava), baking powder, corflour and salt separately. Finally add this mixture in small sections to above beaten mixture and mix well.
- Then Finally after the mixing is over, cover lid to the mixture and keep it to ferment for 4-5 hours. Overnight fermentation is better.
- The next morning before baking remove from fridge and get it to the room temperature. Then check the mixture consistency. If thick and dry, add little milk and mix. Then finally add vanilla essence.
- Pour the batter in the greased baking tray. Preheat the oven to 180°C exactly for 15 minutes before baking for the goan coconut cake. Then Bake it at 180°C for about 40 mins and the top portion becomes golden brown. Then use the toothpick to see that is comes out clearly after piercing in.
- If the toothpick comes out clearly, the batica is ready. Let it cool naturally and then the Goan Coconut Baath can be cut into slices and kept.
Notes
- if salted butter is used then there no salt is needed
- if desiccated coconut is used, use 2 and 1/2 cups coconut.
- coconut baath remains fresh for 5-6 days in room temperature
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