Karydopita Walnut Cake
From ivy 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 20
Traditional Greek cake with main ingredient the walnuts and with syrup.
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour shopping list
- 3 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 cup crushed walnuts shopping list
- 1 cup ground walnuts shopping list
- 1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1 tsp ground cloves shopping list
- 1 cup butter shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 3 tsp brandy shopping list
- 1 tsp grated orange peel shopping list
- 3/4cup milk shopping list
- Ingredients for syrup: shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1 cup water, lemon juice shopping list
How to make it
- Mix in a bowl the flour, crushed and ground walnuts, cinnamon and ground cloves.
- In a mixer, beat the butter and sugar until the mixture turns white.
- Add the eggs and mix for a further 10 minutes.
- Gradually add the flour mixture, the baking powder - that has been dissolved in brandy, orange zest and milk.
- Stir well and pour the mixture into a buttered, floured cake tin.
- Bake the cake in a moderate, preheated oven for about one hour. Prepare the syrup.
- Remove the cake from the oven and once it is almost cool, pour the hot syrup over it.
- (Syrup is optional. You can leave it as a cake, just add a little more sugar in recipe and sprinkle with grated walnuts).
The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
yam yam
i will make it for my husband as he likes cakes with walnuts
dona
in LIMASSOL loved it
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