Fanouropita (Greek Spiced Raisin Cake)
photo by Dienia B.
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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12-15
ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 cup sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 oranges, juice and zest of, plus enough extra
- 2 cups fresh orange juice, in total
- 1⁄2 cup brandy (but the brandy tastes better!) or 1/2 cup water (but the brandy tastes better!)
- 1 cup golden raisin
- 1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped, toasted
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Butter and flour a 12-inch, round cake pan or a 9x13x2-inch baking dish.
- Mix the flour with the spices.
- In a bowl mix the oil, sugar, orange juice, brandy and the orange zest.
- Mix well.
- Add the flour, the raisins and the walnuts.
- Mix well.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake the cake (it is called a'pie'- pita' in Greek) for 45 min to an hour (tester inserted comes out clean).
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Reviews
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This was, in short, FABULOUS. I made it when my grandmother came to dinner and she asked for the recipe! Can you believe it!? So easy to put together and wonderful flavor. I didn't use brandy and used regular raisins. We served with a dallop of fresh whipped cream on the top. Will definitely make again!
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The cake was awesome; I received lots of compliments when I took it to a Greek night pot-luck. I did play with it a little though. For the oil I used a combo of olive oil and coconut oil to take advantage of those wonderful medium chain fatty acids that are supposed to cure just about everything. Instead of brandy, I used "Sabra" an Israeli chocolate-orange liquor plus I added a 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips besides the raisins and instead of walnuts, I used pecans. Evelyn, you may not recognize your cake, but it was yummy none the less. Thank you for posting!
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The cake was awesome; I received lots of compliments when I took it to a Greek night pot-luck. I did play with it a little though. For the oil I used a combo of olive oil and coconut oil to take advantage of those wonderful medium chain fatty acids that are supposed to cure just about everything. Instead of brandy, I used "Sabra" an Israeli chocolate-orange liquor plus I added a 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips besides the raisins and instead of walnuts, I used pecans. Evelyn, you may not recognize your cake, but it was yummy none the less. Thank you for posting!
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.