Ravani

Ravani

What we need: 

• 6 eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of fine semolina
• juice and grated zest of one orange
• 1 baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla essence

For the syrup:

• 2,5 cups of water
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 tbsp margarine
• half lemon
• 1 cup of milk (for the end)

Recipe:

1. Whisk the eggs with the sugar. Add the flour, the semolina, the orange juice and the grated zest and finally the vanilla essence and the baking powder.
2. Pour the batter into a greased ovenprooof dish.  Bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
3. As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, drench it with the cup of milk.  The milk can be either at room temperature or straight from the  fridge.  I left the milk out for 15 minutes before using it.
4. Follow the milk with the syrup, which you pour over the sutrface of the cake.  Take care that the syrup is cool, while the cake is warm.