What is Sugee Cake?
Sugee cake is essentially the Eastern counterpart of your regular butter cake. Originating from Malaysian and Singaporean ancestry, it is one cake that holds a sweet place in my heart. Also known as suji cake, Eurasians often serve this cake on special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and New Year. Considering there are numerous different variations of the sugee cake recipe, you can feel free to play around with different ingredients and amounts all you want, and with summer break finally arriving, what better time to try out a new recipe?
Ingredients:
– 4 eggs
– 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
– 1 cup cream of wheat
– 1 cup melted butter
– 1 cup of sugar
– 3 tablespoons yogurt
– 1 cup of all-purpose flour
– 2 drops of yellow food coloring
Instructions:
- Mix the melted butter with sugar with a whisk or conventional mixer for 3-4 minutes.
- Add in eggs, one at a time. Beat well after each addition of egg until it’s creamy and light.
- Here, add in vanilla extract and 2 drops of yellow food coloring, and mix it until it is well incorporated.
- Add in flour, cream of wheat, baking powder, yogurt, and mix until well-combined.
- Cover and leave for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Pour batter into a lined and greased cake pan and level the top evenly. Bake for 45 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. If cake is browning too fast, cover with foil during the last 10 minutes.
- Remove cake from oven. Let cool for 5 minutes then unmould and leave on wire rack for 20-30 minutes until completely cool before cutting to serve.
I hope you enjoy the recipe!