Best Revani Semolina Cake in Syrup

Best Revani Semolina Cake in Syrup, this lovely cake named In Turkish Revani, also known in Greece as Reh vah nee or Revani semolina cake but with a little difference, which they made it with orange flavour. .This dessert has been famoused since the ottoman period and spread in the middle east with the name Basbousa or Harissa.

You just need a simple ingredients to make this dessert and you’ll have a very delicious simple dessert made of yellow semolina covered with a syrup, tasty and rich with coconut flavour.

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Best Revani Semolina Cake in Syrup

Prep time: 15 mins           Baking time: 35 mins          Total time: 50 mins

Yield: 6 persons

Ingredients

• 1 Cup medium grains semolina
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• A teaspoon of vanilla extract
• Half cup of shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 125g yogurt

For syrup:

• A cup and a half granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

For decoration:

• Pistachio slices
• shredded coconut
• Raspberries

Instructions

1. To Prepare syrup: in a high heat place the saucepan, pour the water add the sugar and bring it to boil.
2. When it boiled add the lemon juice let it boil for 1 minutes and remove from heat. Cool down at room temperature.
3. Mix the eggs with sugar and vanilla until lighten color, then add yogurt, shredded coconut, baking powder, semolina and oil. Mix all together until all well combined.
4. Butter 10 X 7 inch pyrex oven dish.
5. Pour the cake mixture into the oven dish.
6. Bake at preheated oven 180°C for 35 minutes.
7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on a wire rack, then drizzle the cold syrup all over the semolina cake. Let the cake absorb the syrup and cool down.
8. Cut the cake into squares. Decorate with shredded coconut and pistachio.
   Enjoy!