Karydopita (Greek Walnut Cake)

Name: Karydopita (Greek Walnut Cake)
Total time: 6600 s
Yield: 5-7 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups coarsely ground in walnuts; 1 cup almond flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 3 eggs of room temperature; 1/2 cup veg oil; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 tsp cloves powder; 1 lemon zest; 1.5 cups water; 1 cup sugar; 1 Tbsp brandy; 1/2 cup honey; 1 Tbsp lime juice; 1 cinnamon sticks

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA26
A classic, boozy and best use of Walnuts in a Greek style ie Karydopita. You would have tasted different kinds of cakes made with Walnuts but this is special.

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA26
A classic, boozy and best use of Walnuts in a Greek style ie Karydopita. You would have tasted different kinds of cakes made with Walnuts but this is special.

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Ingredients

Prep -15 mins, Bake -35 mins, Cool-60 mins

5-7 servings

Cake batter
2 cupscoarsely ground in walnuts
1 cupalmond flour
1 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
3eggs of room temperature
1/2 cupveg oil
1 cupsugar
1 tspcinnamon powder
1 tspcloves powder
1lemon zest
Syrup
1.5 cupswater
1 cupsugar
1 Tbspbrandy
1/2 cuphoney
1 Tbsplime juice
1cinnamon sticks
Serve with coarsely ground walnut powder, Greek yoghurt

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Steps

Prep -15 mins, Bake -35 mins, Cool-60 mins

1

Syrup - in a wok add water, sugar, honey, brandy, lime juice, cinnamon sticks and simmer for 10 mins, set aside and cool slightly
2

Cake batter - in a bowl add eggs and sugar and whisk until fluffy
3

It should be fluffy
4

Add coarsely ground walnut powder, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, veg oil, lemon zest, cinnamon powder, cloves powder and fold well
5

Pour into the greased cake tin
6

Pre heat oven to 180 deg C and bake for 35-40 mins or until done.
7

Make pricks with toothpick and gently add the syrup, cool for 1 hour.
8

Cut a slice and serve with Greek yogurt and 1 tsp of coarsely ground walnut powder

Tips

Cool the cake completely
Wrap with clingfilm to retain the moistness which would be there for 3 days

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on July 16, 2026 11:56

Kolkata

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