Ravani Or Revani Recipes

REVANI CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the syrup ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Set aside to cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
• In the bowl of your standing mixer, add eggs, sugar and whip on high until it triples in volume and gets pale yellow and fluffy. 4-5 minutes.
• Add butter, vanilla extract and mix.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, semolina, baking powder and salt.
• Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients working in batches.
• Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Poke the cake several times using the toothpick then pour the cooled syrup over.
• Allow the cake to cool down and rest for 1-2 hours before inverting on a serving platter. Decorate with coconut flakes and pistachios if desired.

GREEK SEMOLINA CAKE WITH ORANGE SYRUP (REVANI)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9 x 13-inch pan and set aside.
• Mix the flour, semolina, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• Using an electric mixer , cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. With the mixer running, add the egg yolks one by one. Continue mixing until the batter turns light yellow. Add the vanilla extract and lemon zest .
• With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture in 3 batches alternating with the milk.
• Clean the beaters well and beat the egg whites in a separate bowl with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form.
• Using a spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the batter until just combined. Don't mix too much, or you will "flatten" your egg whites.
• Pour the batter into the pan, level with a spatula, and bake for 45 minutes or until the cake is a nice golden color.
• Add the water, sugar, and orange zest to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice and cool.
• While the cake is still warm, cover it with the syrup. When the cake cools, you can sprinkle with some powdered sugar , cinnamon, and almonds, if using.

REVANI (GREEK CAKE USING SEMOLINA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Butter and flour a 13 X 9 inch pyrex baking pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
• In large electric mixer bowl, beat egg whites until frothy.
• Gradually beat in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Continue beating until very stiff and glossy.
• Set meringue aside.
• Beat egg yolks, remaining sugar, and butter until very light and fluffy.
• Add orange rind and vanilla.
• Beat in dry ingredients alternately (slowly, on a low speed) with orange juice and semolina until incorporated.
• Fold in meringue.
• Turn into prepared pan and sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until it tests done.
• Cool.
• For syrup: Boil sugar, water and cinnamon stick for 8 minutes.
• Add brandy and remove cinnamon stick.
• Pour hot syrup over cooled cake.
• Cool and cut into squares.
• Serve with a dollop of whipped cream.

REVANI

Steps:

• To make the syrup:
• Bring sugar, water, and lemon juice to a boil, simmer 15 minutes. Cool.
• To make the cake:
• Beat the egg yolks, sugar and lemon rind with an electric beater for 5 minutes or until pale yellow. Wash and dry the beater.
• Fold the semolina and flour into the beaten yolks until well blended. Set aside.
• Beat the egg whites with the clean beater until stiff. Alternate gently folding the egg whites and the melted butter into the yolk and flour mix.
• Pour batter into a well greased and floured 9x12 inch or 10x12 inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 40 minutes, or until a pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Pour the syrup over the hot cake. Let it stand for several hours until the syrup is absorbed and the cake is cool.
• Cut the cake into squares. Serve with whipped cream and sprinkle nuts on top.

RAVANI OR REVANI

Steps:

• Beat the butter along with a cupful of sugar.
• Add the egg yokes one by one, along with the orange peel.
• Keep beating, add the flour, the baking powder and some milk and stir well.
• Beat the white of the eggs separately and add to the mix along with the semolina.
• Butter a baking pan and pour the mix into it.
• Bake in medium oven for~40 minutes.
• During this time, prepare the sirup: Boil the rest of the sugar in~1 1/2 cup of water.
• Add the lemon juice, boil for about another 5 minutes and pour over the ravani while it is still hot.