Karithopita, Walnut Cake
"I have not made this cake but have posted it by request. I trust the cookbook that it came from. Traditional Greek dessert. Sounds very sweet for my taste"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 4 ounces butter, unsalted
- 1⁄4 cup berry sugar
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
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Syrup
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 1 piece cinnamon bark (3-4")
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon brandy
directions
- Cream the butter& sugar until light& fluffy.
- Add egg yolks, beat well.
- Sift together the flour, Baking powder, cinnamon& salt.
- Beat egg whites stiff.
- Fold the flour into the butter/sugar then mix in about 1/3 of the egg whites.
- Fold in the groung walnuts and then fold in the last of the egg whites, use a metal spoon to blend mixture well, evenly and quickly.
- Spread in a buttered 9x12 cake pan and bake in 350f oven for 45 minutes or until cake is done.
- Meanwhile dissolve the sugar in the water over medium heat add cinnamon bark& lemon juice and bring to a boil, boil for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat, remove bark, stir in the brandy& cool.
- Pour cold syrup over the hot cake and let the cake cool.
- Cut into squares or diamonds.
- Serve with whipped cream.
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This cake is very dry..also way to sweet for my taste, but some who tried it said it was like a coffee cake...
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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