One delicious treat that you can bake for your celebration is a traditional Turkish cake called revani. Revani is a poppy seed-semolina cake which is drenched in syrup and garnished with clotted cream.
Poppy Seed Revani
Adapted from Selcen Koca Sari
Preparing the Syrup
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups sugar
- juice from half of a lemon
- Cook the sugar and water in a pot until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add the lemon.
- Stir the syrup over medium heat until it thickens.
- Turn off the flame, and set aside.
Baking the Cake
- 1 cup unbleached flour
- 1 cup semolina flour
- 1 cup ground poppy seeds
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Mix all ingredients.
- Pour the batter into an oiled cake pan.
- Bake for between 40 and 45 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and pour the syrup over it.
- Allow the cake to rest for a few hours so it may absorb the syrup.
- To serve, top with Clotted Cream.
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