Ravani Or Revani Food

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.

RAVANI (CREAM OF WHEAT CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with 1/2 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg yolks 1 at a time.
• Add the vanilla and orange rind.
• Stir in the flour, farina and almonds.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff.
• Gradually beat in 1/2 cup of the sugar, until meringue is very stiff.
• Fold into the batter along with the baking powder.
• Turn the batter into a greased 10"x14" baking pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
• Cool to room temperature in the pan.
• Make the syrup by combining water, lemon juice, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, cinnamon sticks and cloves in a small saucepan.
• Place over medium heat.
• Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
• Strain and discard spices.
• Add Grand Marnier.
• Spoon a little of syrup over each serving.

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.

REVANI (MACEDONIAN SYRUP CAKE)

Steps:

• Syrup: boil ingredients.
• Melt butter and sugar and beat for 5 minutes, then add eggs one by one mixing in between.
• Mix flour and semolina and add to egg mixture gradually.
• Pour into greased pan, and bake 40-45 minutes at 400 degrees.
• When baked, cut into diamond shapes and pour syrup over the cake (make sure the syrup and the cake are both hot).
• Crushed walnuts may be sprinkled on top of the mixture before baking or lemon or orange rind may be added to the mixture before cooking.

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.