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Gulab Jamun Cake Recipe

Gayathri Kumar
Gulab Jamun Cake Recipe is an amazing fusion cake recipe made with fine semolina and is soaked in syrup and studded with Gulab Jamuns.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Cooling Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 40 minutes
Course Cakes, Desserts
Cuisine Fusion, Indian
Servings 9 Slices

Ingredients
  

For the Cake:

  • 150 gm Chiroti Rava
  • 50 gm Maida/ All-purpose Flour
  • 50 gm Sugar
  • 1.5 tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
  • 150 ml Milk
  • 100 ml Ghee
  • 50 ml Curd/ Yogurt
  • Rose Essence a few drops
  • 9 Gulab Jamuns
  • Slivered Pistachios

For the Sugar Syrup

  • 75 gm Sugar
  • 75 ml Water
  • Rose Essence a few drops
  • Or
  • 150 ml Gulab Jamun syrup

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 160C.
  • Grease a 5” square tin and set aside.
  • In a bowl, combine semolina, flour, sugar, baking powder and cardamom powder and mix well.
  • Add ghee, milk, curd and rose essence and mix well to form thick batter.
  • Transfer the batter to the prepared tin and bake the cake for 10 minutes.
  • Take it out of the oven and place the gulab jamuns on top of the batter.
  • Add slivered pistachios on top and bake for 20 minutes.
  • By the time the cake is baking, mix together sugar, water and bring it to boil. Add rose essence and allow it to cool down.
  • Take the cake out of the oven and prick all over the cake with a tooth pick.
  • Pour the cooled syrup on top of the cake evenly. The cake will absorb the syrup immediately.
  • Set it aside until the cake cools down completely.
  • Cover with foil and set aside 4-8 hours before slicing.
  • Use a sharp knife, slice the cake and gently lift it out of the tin.
  • Serve it with more mini gulab jamun and extra syrup.
Keyword eggless gulab jamun cake