World Flavors Cookbook
Ravani
Semolina cake soaked in syrup — a moist, aromatic sponge with a delicate lemon or orange flavor, drenched in fragrant syrup.
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients
- 200g semolina
- 100g flour
- 200g sugar
- 200g butter
- 4 eggs
- 200ml yogurt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Zest of 1 lemon
- For syrup: 250g sugar, 300ml water, strip lemon peel
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one by one.
- Add yogurt, lemon zest, and baking powder.
- Fold in semolina and flour.
- Pour into a buttered baking tin.
- Bake at 175C for 30-35 minutes until golden.
- Boil syrup: water, sugar, and lemon peel for 5 minutes.
- Pour hot syrup over hot cake. Let absorb completely before cutting.