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Revani (Turkish Semolina Cake in Lemon Syrup)

Name: Revani (Turkish Semolina Cake in Lemon Syrup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 170 min
Total time: 185 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Türkiye
Ingredients: semolina 200 g; all-purpose flour 80 g; sugar 200 g; large eggs 3 pieces; plain yogurt 200 g; vegetable oil 100 ml; lemon zest 10 g; baking powder 10 g; vanilla extract 5 ml; sugar (for syrup) 300 g; water (for syrup) 400 ml; lemon juice (for syrup) 30 ml; shredded coconut 50 g

A moist semolina sponge soaked in a sweet lemon syrup and topped with shredded coconut.

185 minutes · 10 servings · Moderate

Revani is a semolina cake soaked with syrup while still warm, and that is the only way it works, because the syrup has to reach the centre. Rose water and lemon are both acceptable and cooks argue about which one belongs. It is served in squares, often at the end of a meal rather than as a birthday cake.

Ingredients

semolina200 g
all-purpose flour80 g
sugar200 g
large eggs3 pieces
plain yogurt200 g
vegetable oil100 ml
lemon zest10 g
baking powder10 g
vanilla extract5 ml
sugar (for syrup)300 g
water (for syrup)400 ml
lemon juice (for syrup)30 ml
shredded coconut50 g

Directions

1
Whisk eggs and sugar five minutes; add yogurt, oil, lemon zest, vanilla; fold in semolina, flour and baking powder.
2
Bake at one hundred eighty degrees Celsius for thirty-five minutes until golden.
3
Simmer sugar, water and lemon juice eight minutes into a thin syrup.
4
Pour hot syrup over hot cake; let absorb two hours.
5
Top with shredded coconut before serving.

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