Baath: A Goan Coconut Cake Recipe

For those who are not familiar, “Baath” or “Bathika” is a traditional cake from Goa, India. It’s made with two main ingredients being semolina commonly know as “rava” and coconut. One can also add spices. Traditionally this cake was baked in a stove top clay oven with hot coals placed on the lid in Goan homes.

My grandmother taught me the recipe during the Covid quarantine period. I hope you too can enjoy it!!

Ingredients

• 5 Eggs

• 1 Cup of Semolina(Rava)

Note: Keep some more semolina aside(Probably 1/4 to 1/2 a cup) for later use while greasing the tin

• 1 and 1/4 Cup of Sugar

• 2 Grated Coconuts

• 1 TSP of Baking Soda. 5 ML

• 2 Caps of Vanilla Essence (2.5 ml)

• Glass Bowl (To Mix the Batter)

• 75 Grams Butter

• A cake tin

Preparing the Batter

1. Break the 5 eggs into your bowl as shown in the picture below

2. Beat the Eggs as shown below

3. Add 1 Cup of Semolina into the bowl and mix well

4. Add 1 and 1/4 Cup of Sugar to the Mixture and mix it well

5. Melt the butter and add it to the mixture

6. Add the Melted Butter to the Mixture

7. Mix the entire mixture well.

Now its time to add Baking Soda and Vanilla Essence

8. Add 2 caps vanilla Essence i.e 2.5 ml of Vanilla Essence(Half A Teaspoon)

9. Add 1 Tea Spoon of Baking Soda (5 ML)

10. Mix the mixture well!!

11. Add the grated coconuts to the mixture

12. Stir it well

13. Leave the mixture out overnight in the fridge(Due to the Extreme hot weather)

Greasing the Cake Tin

While creasing the cake tin for other cakes we layer the cake tin with butter, but for this cake you will layer it with a thin layer of semolina(rava). This gives colour the cake and also a crust.

1. Apply a thin layer of butter all around the cake.

2. Add the semolina part by part all around the cake tin. Make sure it spreads evenly all around. You can use the trick shown below

Baking the Cake

1. Add your batter in the greased cake tin. Let it smoothen and even out around the tin on its own.

2. Put it in the oven

Bake the cake in the oven for 45 minutes until the cake is goldenish brown. You can keep it in for a little longer to get a fine layer of crust on the top.

Enjoy!!

Final Outcome

If you made it,