Ravani Cake Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
• 2. Cake Directions
• 3. In large mixing bowl, cream butter.
• 4. Add sugar and egg yolks and beat until smooth and creamy.
• 5. Add vanilla and almond extracts, mix together.
• 6. Add flour and farina, mix together until blended.
• 7. Fold in unbeaten egg whites for 1 minute. Add chopped nuts and blend.
• 8. Pour mixture into 9x12 greased baking pan.
• 9. Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes..
• 10. Pour syrup over cooled cake slowly.
• 11. Sprinkle with cinnamon
• 12. Slice into diamond shaped pieces and ENJOY!
• 13. Syrup Directions
• 14. In a 6 cup sauce pot, add all syrup ingredients except for Rum or Amaretto.
• 15. Bring syrup mixture to boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
• 16. Add ¼ cup to ½ cup of Amaretto, or Rum to the syrup. Continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
• 17. Let syrup cool for about 5-10 minutes. Pour syrup slowly over the Ravani. Tilt pan side to side spreading the syrup evenly.
• 18. Sprinkle the top with cinnamon. Slice the cake in diamond shaped pieces and enjoy!

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.

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.