Ravani with Coconut Recipe...a bit retro but oh so nice!!!

Ravani with Coconut Recipe...
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS for 1 rectangular pyrex

* 250gr butter in room temperature
* 4 egg
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup self raising flour
* 1 cup coasr semolina flour
* 250gr yogurt
* 1 cup dessicated coconut
* 50ml cogniac
* zest from 1 lemon (or from 1/2 orange)

syrup

* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup water
* some lemon or orange peel

DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 oC.
2. Μake the syrup: boil sugar, water and peel for 2-3 minutes. Let it cool.
3. Beat sugar and butter until they become white.
4. Gradually add the eggs.
5. Add yogurt, zest, cogniac and continue beating.
6. Fold in coconut, flour and semolina until completely incorporated.
7. Butter the pyrex or tray and fill it with the mixture.
8. Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden.
9. When the cake is done, cut through it with the knife and pur the cold syrup over it (or hot syrup over cold cake).
10. Sprinkle the coconut on top and enjoy on its own or with some vanilla ice cream.