Karidopita is a traditional Greek walnut cake drenched in a lush lemon syrup.
This simple recipe by Flavours & Flair also features a crunchy walnut brittle on top, which looks great and tastes even better!
Ingredients
For cake
– 300 x grams plain flour
– 250 x grams raw caster sugar
– 2 x eggs, room temperature
– 150 x grams unsalted butter, chopped
– 1 x teaspoon baking powder
– 1 x tablespoon vanilla sugar
– 1 x tablespoon salt
– 2 x tablespoons ground cinnamon
– 300 x ml full cream milk
– 250 x grams walnuts, crushed
For syrup
– 250 x grams sugar
– 1.5 x cups water
– 200 x grams honey
– 1 x cinnamon stick
– 1 x lemon, juiced
For walnut brittle
– 100 x grams walnuts, chopped
– 2 x teaspoons ground cinnamon
– 2 x tablespoons honey
Method
– Grease a 20cm round cake baking tin and line with baking paper.
– Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
– Place flour, raw caster sugar, baking powder, vanilla sugar, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl and mix with hand mixer for 1 minute.
– Add butter and mix for another 3 minutes, or till there are no lumps.
– Add milk and eggs and mix for 2 more minutes. Add walnuts and mix through.
– Pour cake mixture into tin and bake for 40 minutes, or till cake is cooked through.
– In the meantime, prepare your syrup. Pour sugar, water, honey, cinnamon stick and lemon juice into saucepan and bring to a boil- for about 10 minutes.
– Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes then transfer to serving plate.
– Score holes through cake and pour syrup over entire cake. Allow syrup to soak through.
– Meanwhile, combine all brittle ingredients into a bowl and mix.
– Spread onto a baking tray, lined with baking paper and bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 12 minutes.
– Allow to cool and then break into small pieces and place on top of Karidopita.
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