Recipe: Delicious Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup)

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Recipe: Delicious Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup). Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup) Hello everyone!!! Ravani/Revani, depending on which part of Greece you come from…. I personally think is a version of the Sponge Cake with a unique twist of the added syrup.

Add the water, sugar, lemon rind and cinnamon stick.

Bring to a boil and as soon as the sugar melts completely, remove from heat.

Add the honey, stir and set aside to cool completely before pouring over cake.

You can cook Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup) using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup)

  1. You need 1 cup of Butter 250 grams.

  2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Sugar.

  3. Prepare 5 of Medium size Eggs.

  4. Prepare 1 of Lemon or Orange Zest.

  5. It’s 2 cups of Semolina (Simigdali).

  6. You need 1 cup of All Purpose Flour.

  7. Prepare 3 teaspoons of Baking Power.

  8. It’s of Syrup:.

  9. It’s 3 cups of Sugar.

  10. It’s 1 of Cinnamon Stick.

  11. It’s 4 cups of Water.

The honey is added at the end so that it will not lose its aroma from boiling.

Semolina and ground almonds give this classic Greek cake its coarse texture and nutty flavor.

Finish it off with a lavish cognac-and-cinnamon syrup; serve the cake warm, or let it cool to room.

This is a lovely greek cake using semolina.

Ravani (Semolina Cake with Cinnamon Syrup) step by step

  1. In a large bowl beat sugar and butter and then add in the eggs along with the Lemon/Orange Zest. In a different bowl mix together the flour and baking powder and add into the batter..

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  3. I usually break the walnuts into smaller pieces…but if you prefer you can also leave them whole..

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  5. Pour batter into a buttered baking pan and place in the oven for about 50 minutes at 180 degrees. In the meantime, start the syrup by taking a large sauce pan and add in the water, sugar and cinnamon stick. Let this boil for about 15 minutes……

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  7. Once the Ravani is baked, pour the hot syrup over it and let it cool. A lovely Summer Cake that you can top off with Ice Cream and or Whipped Cream..

  8. Hope you enjoy this!! Kali Orexi!! :).

The texture is coarser due to the semolina than what you're probably used to, but it is delicious and toothsome.

Soaked in a light syrup and served with some whipped cream on the side, it is a dessert worthy of any occasion.

It's golden, buttery and sweetened with an orange/cinnamon sugar syrup. (bonus points for the cinnamon!).

It features a good amount of semolina flour, nearly a whole block of butter and half a kilo of sugar!

This revani cake recipe will scare your waistline!