Greek Coconut Cake with Orange Syrup (Ravani)

We ate plenty of these beautiful cakes while travelling around Greece. I personally find them slightly too sweet & syrupy, and have adjusted the recipe accordingly.

Recipe based on:
http://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/ravani-greek-cake-with-syrup-and-almonds/
http://cookmegreek.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/coconut-ravani-coconut-semolina-cake.html

Greek Coconut Cake with Orange Syrup (Ravani)

We ate plenty of these beautiful cakes while travelling around Greece. I have adjusted the recipe to reduce the sweetness to my preference.

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Cooling Time 1 hr

Total Time 2 hrs 30 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Vegetarian

Servings 24 pieces

Ingredients

  

What you need:

• 23cm x 33cm pan
• 150 g butter at room tempurature
• 250 g caster sugar
• 4 eggs separated
• 200 g lukewarm milk
• 250 g self-raising cake flour or 245 g plain flour + 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 200 g desiccated coconut
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• zest of 2 oranges

For the syrup:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup orange juice

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 170 C
• Line baking pan with baking paper
• Beat egg whites until shiny with stiff peak
• Cream butter + sugar + salt until light & fluffy. Gradually add egg yolks, one at a time, beating continuously
• Add milk + vanilla. Beat until well mixed.
• Add baking soda + dessicated coconut + flour + orange zest. Mix with spatula.
• Add in half egg whites. Fold gently until all incorporated.
• Add remaining half egg whites. Fold gently.
• Pour batter in the pan. Bake for 50-60 mins or until clean skewer inserted come out clean. Leave the cake to cool completely.
• When the cake is fully cool, cut them into squares
• Heat orange juice + sugar on medium heat and bring to boil. Boil for 10-15 mins until the syrup slightly thickens.
• Slowly ladle the HOT syrup over the COOL cake. Allow each ladle to absorb fully before adding more syrup.

Keyword Vegetarian