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Yiayia’s Savaren

Yiayia’s Savaren

This dessert from Susan Seger, a top-18 winner in the Create Cooking Challenge: My Family's Recipe reflects her Greek-American grandmother’s French cooking technique.

Recipe Ingredients

  • Syrup
  • - 2 c. sugar
  • - 3 c. water
  • Cake
  • - 6 egg whites
  • - ¾ c. farina
  • - ½ c. breadcrumbs
  • - 2 oz. almond meal
  • - 6 egg yolks
  • - ¾ c. sugar
  • - 2 oz. fresh orange juice
  • - Grated rind ½ orange

Recipe Instructions

- Make syrup: heat sugar and water on stovetop until sugar dissolves and syrup thickens (about 15 mins.). cool syrup slightly and refrigerate.

- Grease a 12x7 pan and set aside.

- Preheat oven to 325˚ F.

- Make cake: beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry; set aside. Mix farina, bread crumbs, and almond meal together and set aside. -Beat egg yolks, gradually adding sugar, until light and creamy; add orange juice and rind and mix. Gently, alternate stirring egg whites and dry ingredients into egg yolk mixture. Pour mixture into greased pan and bake for 30’.

- While it is still hot, prick the top of the cake all over, and pour the cold syrup onto the hot cake. Let cool, then cut; diamond-shapes are traditional.