DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Bibikkan
Also known as: බිබික්කන්
Jayani Senanayake associates bibikkan with her mother's Avrudu preparations and the festive tables of Sri Lanka's Southern coast.
About Bibikkan
Jayani Senanayake associates bibikkan with her mother's Avrudu preparations and the festive tables of Sri Lanka's Southern coast. Her version is a dark coconut cake enriched with kithul jaggery, roasted semolina, fruit and cashews.
Ginger, lime rind, cardamom and fennel season the coconut mixture, with rose and vanilla essences adding fragrance. Dates, raisins and melon preserve supply the fruit, while separated eggs enrich the batter.
The cake bakes in a lined, greased tray. Senanayake describes a moist, chewy crumb with grainy semolina, coconut, creamy cashews and sweet-tart raisins.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Cashew, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bibikkan
Jayani Senanayake's Southern-coast Sri Lankan bibikkan.
- Fresh grated coconutBase
- Roasted semolinaBase
- FlourBinderIngredient page not linked
- Chopped datesBase
- RaisinsBase
- CashewsBase
- Kithul jaggerySweetener
- SugarSweetener
- Melon preserve (puhul dosi)BaseIngredient page not linked
- Lime rindAromatic
- EggBinder
- Fresh grated gingerAromatic
- Cardamom podsSeasoning
- Fennel seedsSeasoning
- Rose essenceAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Vanilla essenceAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Baking powderSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Tray greaseCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual66 young white fresh coconut, broader coconut candidate.
- Roasted semolina: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual33/63 conventional wheat semolina.
- Flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual34 generic flour, cereal unspecified.
- Chopped dates: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual35 listed, addition stage omitted, retained.
- Raisins: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cashews: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Cashew source-confirmed. Actual37 cashews.
- Kithul jaggery: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual38/65 native kithul jaggery, broader palm sugar mapping, palm species unspecified.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Melon preserve (puhul dosi): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual40 and author125/129 hard packet puholdosi, full formula unresolved.
- Lime rind: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual41 rind, broader lime mapping.
- Egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual42/56–57 yolk and beaten white.
- Fresh grated ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cardamom pods: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fennel seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Rose essence: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual46 product formula unspecified.
- Vanilla essence: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual47/55 essence, exact product unknown.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tray grease: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58 unspecified medium.
Origins & food traditions
Sri Lanka association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Sri Lanka
- Sri LankaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Sri Lankan Cuisine
- Sri Lankan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.