Greek Walnut Cake

This is a traditional cake we make in Greece, named walnut cake, or in Greeklish Karidopita

It combines the texture of a cake, the walnuts or almonds flavour and the sweetness of syrup. If the cook is talented, this delicacy will make you happy!

This recipe is a Must in all my mother’s fests; For the cake: 20 gr of baking powder, 5 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of finely shredded bread cramps, 1 cup of roughly chopped almonds (we prefer almonds, but the genuine recipe is with walnuts), 1 tsp of ground cinnamon (not full), ½ tsp of ground carnation, ½ tsp of cacao powder, 1 shot of brandy or whichever liquor you have. Optional: chocolate sprinkles

_For the syrup: 1 ½ cup of water, 1 ½ cup of sugar, ½ lemon juice, 1 lemon zest, 1 shot of brandy or whichever liquor you have _

In a bowl, we mix well, using a mixer, the eggs, along with the sugar, until they become a nice and fluffy mixture. In another bowl, we mix the finelly shredded bread cramps, the carnation, the cinnamon, the cacao powder, the almonds and the baking powder. Combine the two mixtures slowly, using the mixer. In the end add the brandy.

Spread the mixture in a medium-sized pan, where you have spread some oil, and bake in the oven in 180C for 45’. Check with a knife that the cake is done. We let the cake cool down and prepare the syrup. We boil the water with the sugar, the lemon zest and the lemon juice for 5’. We add the brandy. We slowly pour the warm syrup all over the cold cake, using a ladle.

Add the chocolate sprinkles after the syrup has been absorbed. You may serve this dessert with a vanilla ice-cream, during summer.

Enjoy!