Bibikkan (coconut cake) ingredients:
225g Jaggery
225g coconut
50g semolina
100g Dates
1/2tsp. Fennel
1 Cardamon
50g Winter melon preserve
25g Ginger preserves
25g Candied peel
50g Cashewnuts
1/4tsp .Salt
1/2tsp .baking powder
1/4tsp .Cinnamon powder
1 Egg
Bibikkan (coconut cake) preparation:
1. Grate the jaggery and coconut, dry roast the semolina and stone and chop the dates.
2. Roast and crush the fennel and crush the cardamom.
3. Chop the winter melon preserve, the ginger preserve, the candied peel and the cashewnuts.
4. Dissolve the jaggery in 375 ml water in a pan, add the coconut and cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Cool the mixture and then stir in the semolina, dates, fennel, cardamom, winter melon preserve, ginger preserve, candied peel, cashewnuts, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
6. Separate the egg and beat the white and yolk separately.
7. Fold into the cake mixture and pour into a buttered baking tray.
8. Bake in a moderate oven (160¦c: gas mark 3 ) for 1 ½ hours.
225g Jaggery
225g coconut
50g semolina
100g Dates
1/2tsp. Fennel
1 Cardamon
50g Winter melon preserve
25g Ginger preserves
25g Candied peel
50g Cashewnuts
1/4tsp .Salt
1/2tsp .baking powder
1/4tsp .Cinnamon powder
1 Egg
Bibikkan (coconut cake) preparation:
1. Grate the jaggery and coconut, dry roast the semolina and stone and chop the dates.
2. Roast and crush the fennel and crush the cardamom.
3. Chop the winter melon preserve, the ginger preserve, the candied peel and the cashewnuts.
4. Dissolve the jaggery in 375 ml water in a pan, add the coconut and cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Cool the mixture and then stir in the semolina, dates, fennel, cardamom, winter melon preserve, ginger preserve, candied peel, cashewnuts, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
6. Separate the egg and beat the white and yolk separately.
7. Fold into the cake mixture and pour into a buttered baking tray.
8. Bake in a moderate oven (160¦c: gas mark 3 ) for 1 ½ hours.
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