Turkish Revani Semolina Cake In Lemon Syrup Recipes

TURKISH REVANI SEMOLINA CAKE IN LEMON SYRUP

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400F.
• In a large bowl, mix the first five ingredients. Pour into a greased 25-30cm baking pan. A large pie pan or a springform pan work well. Let sit for one hour for semolina to soak in the liquid.
• While cake is soaking, bring water and sugar to a simmer, let simmer for five minutes, turn off heat. When cool, add lemon juice.
• After one hour, cut semolina cake into your pattern of choice. Place blanched, peeled almonds in a decorative pattern. You can use either whole almonds or slivers.
• Bake cake for about 35 minutes until golden colored.
• Remove from oven, re-cut your pattern so the syrup soaks up the syrup. Pour syrup over entire cake.
• Wait at least one hour to serve or over night.
• Serve with creme fraiche or whipped cream if desired.

SEMOLINA CAKE SOAKED WITH LEMON SYRUP (REVANI)

Steps:

• Butter and coat with fine dry breadcrumbs a 9 x 9 inch Pyrex pan.
• Set oven rack in the middle of the oven; preheat to 350°.
• Whisk eggs and ½ cup sugar by hand in the bowl of an electric mixer.
• Place the bowl on the mixer fitted with the whisk attachment; whip the mixture on high speed until pale and thickened, about 4 minutes.
• While the eggs are whipping, stir the semolina and remaining ½ cup sugar together in a medium mixing bowl; stir in the sour cream.
• Dissolve the baking soda in the brandy in a small cup and stir into the semolina mixture; add in the orange zest and butter, stir to combine.
• When the egg mixture is ready, fold it into the semolina batter with a large rubber spatula.
• Scrape the cake batter into the prepared pan; smooth the top.
• Bake cake for about 30 minutes, or until it is well risen and deep golden and a pick comes out clean.
• Cool the cake on a rack for 10 minutes.
• While the cake is cookng, prepare the syrup: stir together all the ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat; let the syrup boil gently for 5 minutes.
• While the syrup is cooling, score the cake into 2 inch diamonds or rectangles with the point of a sharp knife, cutting about 1 inch into the cake.
• After the syrup is cooked, remove the lemon half from the syrup and slowly pour the syrup all over the top of the cake so that it is evenly absorbed.
• Cool completely.
• Serve: cut through the scoring marks completely with a sharp knife; use a flexible spatula to first loosen each piece of cake, then remove it from the pan.
• Only the first piece is difficult and may break slightly, the rest should come out easily.
• Storage: keep the cake pan covered with plastic wrap at a cool room temperature.