Semolina and jaggery cake

Lately I have been making most of the cakes with honey and applesauce just to avoid sugar. Somehow, I got bored of the taste of honey in the cakes, so with this cake I decided to try jaggery. This cake tastes exactly like the one my Mom used to make when I was a kid and when there were no fancy ovens. So, do you want to indulge in the same taste again? But, this is with a healthier touch :)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup semolina coarse

1/2 cup almond meal

2 tbsp clarified butter

1/2 cup applesauce (unsweetened homemade from organic apples)

1/4 cup powdered jaggery

2 tbsp low fat plain yogurt (I used Mountain high)

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

1 pinch salt

Mix all the dry ingredients- semolina,almond meal, baking powder, salt, and cardamom powder in a bowl and mix together.

In a separate bowl, mix the clarified butter and add whisked yogurt, applesauce and jaggery powder and whisk together. Once it is smooth, add in the dry ingredients and whisk together for a minute or so. If the batter is not smooth and runny, you might want to add some more yogurt or applesauce. Pour the batter in a greased baking pan (I used oil spray) and put it in the preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes on 350 F.