Comments on: Eggless Mango Cake

By: redchillies

redchillies — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:00:01 +0000

Hi PB, thanks for trying this out and letting me know the feedback.
One thing that is important is the mango pulp should be thick and when you mix the pulp with the sooji, it has to be thick like idli batter.
If you feel that the batter is too liquidy then let the batter sit for a longer time before putting it in the oven. This way the semolina absorbs most of the liquid.If you put the liquidy batter to bake, it takes a longer time and begins to brown soon.

Also I am not sure how adding banana pulp and honey with effect this.I have tried only with banana with good results. Hope you get to try this again with good results

By: PBhat

PBhat — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:16:58 +0000

Hi..
I made this cake yesterday and turned out very nice. I just felt that there was one thing that could have turned out better. The sooji texture was like as if it was not cooked completely. It was kinda gritty. I baked it for 23 minutes because the fork that i inserted at that point came out clean. And also the sides were starting to brown up and therefore i had to take it out. The batter also sat for 10 minutes before i put it in for baking. If you could please tell me as to what could have gone wrong, i’d appreciate it. Oh, btw..since I did not have 1 entire cup of mango puree, i pureed a banana also and since I didn’t have enough sugar, i added a little bit of honey.
Thanks,
PB

By: redchillies

redchillies — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:35:17 +0000

Renuka, the sooji holds very well in this cake without the eggs. In fact I have had good success with sooji cakes both sweet as well as savory ones.

By: renuka

renuka — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:29:14 +0000

I was just wondering –what keeps the sooji from crumbling ? Will it hold together without eggs?
This reminds me of the “”delicious” corn cake that the restaurant “”CHICHI’S” used to have —it was made from cornflour—it was soooooooo delicious–to bad they went out of business h

By: Shyamala

Shyamala — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:01:59 +0000

This is my friend Arathi’s recipe (she was the one who contributed it to Bawarchi many moons ago!)

It looked very familiar as I eaten it at a common friends home.. It is absolutely delicious.. and your pictures do it complete justice.. I thought it would be nice to gave her credit for the recipe… hence my comment!

By: raaaga

raaaga — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:30:12 +0000

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By: Sangeeta

Sangeeta — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:17:16 +0000

Thanks a lot…Tried it and it is absolutely yum …

Thanks Sangeeta, glad you liked it.

By: Priya

Priya — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:35:08 +0000

Also, I reduced butter to just 1 TBS. Still it came out very well. Will try next time with Banana.

By: Priya

Priya — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:29:11 +0000

RC,
I tried this with Apple Sauce and vanilla. It tasted awesome. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

By: redchillies

redchillies — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:38:38 +0000

Thanks Shweta for trying this out and letting me know. Glad you liked it.