Sooji Banana Cake/ Semolina Banana Cake/Rava banana cake – an easy eggless cake recipe made with semolina/sooji and bananas as main ingredients! I have already shared a sooji cake with mango. This recipe is a twist to the sooji mango cake by replacing the mango with banana, also added a handful of walnuts as walnuts pairs well with the sweetness of the bananas. It turned out super good and tasty!
Sooji Banana cake can be given to toddlers after one year and makes an easy dessert that can be packed for kids snack box or serve as an evening snack or to take along to a trip. So who is ready to make this easy cake!!
Now Let’s get on to check how to make this sooji banana cake.
Banana Sooji Cake Recipe for Toddlers and Kids
Eggless semolina banana cake - no fuss, egg-less cake recipe with semolina and banana
Ingredients
- Fine Semolina/Suji/Sooji/Rava - 1 Cup
- Banana Puree - 1 cup pureed from 2 medium bananas
- Baking Powder - 1 Tsp
- Broken Walnuts - 1/4 cup
- White Sugar/ Brown Sugar/Palm Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp or Whole Cardamom - 1
- Olive oil/sunflower oil/Butter/Ghee - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp
Instructions
- Measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Take sugar and cardamom/Cardamom powder in a blender. Grind it to a smooth powder. Set aside.
- Slice bananas. Puree the bananas in a blender without adding water. Keep aside.
- Take 1 cup of semolina/Sooji in a mixing bowl. Add in powdered sugar to it.
- Add baking powder to it. Mix well.
- Then add oil/butter/ghee. Mix well so that the oil is mixed evenly.
- Now add the banana puree to it. Gently mix everything well.
- Finally, add chopped/powdered walnuts to it. Set this mixture aside for 10 minutes. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180 degrees for 10 minutes and grease the loaf pan/cake tin with oil.
- After 10 minutes, Pour the semolina banana mixture to the loaf pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes (baking time depends on the size of the loaf pan and oven) at 180° till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tray for 5 minutes and cut the cake when it's completely cooled down.
Here is the video of how to make Sooji Banana Cake for Toddlers and Kids
Method :
1. Measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Take sugar and cardamom/Cardamom powder in a blender. Grind it to a smooth powder. Set aside.
2. Peel and slice bananas. Puree the bananas in a blender without adding water. Keep aside.
3. Take 1 cup of semolina/Sooji in a mixing bowl. Add in powdered sugar to it.
4. Add baking powder to it. Mix well.
5. Then add oil/butter/ghee. Mix well so that the oil is mixed evenly.
6. Now add the banana puree to it. Gently mix everything well.
7. Finally, add chopped/powdered walnuts to it. Set this mixture aside for 10 minutes. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180 degrees for 10 minutes and grease the loaf pan/cake tin with oil.
8. After 10 minutes, Pour the semolina banana mixture to the loaf pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes (baking time depends on the size of the loaf pan and oven) at 180° till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tray for 5 minutes and cut the cake when it’s completely cooled down.
The tasty sooji banana cake is ready to serve!
Notes :
- Don’t bake the cake for more time than mentioned, as it will turn hard if overbaked.
- For small kids, Powder walnuts to avoid choking hazards.
- Don’t add water while grinding bananas. The banana puree has to be thick.
- Fine semolina variety works best for this cake.
- The semolina banana cake stays well for two days at room temperature and keeps good for 4-6 days if stored in the refrigerator.
- You could also use powdered nuts or any nuts of your choice.
- Mixing and measurements are most important for the perfect cakes.
Hi, I tried this cake with the exact measurements you gave. I kept the cake in the oven for 30 minutes and yet it was undercooked in the middle and very very greasy. is that how it should be or have I done something wrong in the method or the proportions?
Hi, The sooji banana cake has some moisture unlike other cakes. But it should be fully cooked. Check out these pointers.
1. Did you give some idle time for the cake mixture to set before baking?
2. also, the final mix should be in pouring consistency. Adjust with milk if needed.
3. if The temperature is too high, the middle part will not get cooked.
Hi , i dont want to add sugar as well as the baking powder
How to bake in that case?
Skip baking powder and sugar. Add sweet tasting banana. that should be enough if you don’t have a sweet tooth
The cake came out really nice. Thanks for posting the recipe. 180 degrees was actually not cutting it for the measurements that are mentioned in the recipe. I bumped up the temp to 250 and it worked like charm!