Fanouropita by Mrs Kiki

Name: Fanouropita by Mrs Kiki
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 cups self-rising flour; 1 cup oil; 1 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup golden raisins; 1 cup black raisins; 1/2 cup ground walnuts; 2-3 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; zest of one large orange; freshly squeezed orange juice or fresh bottled orange juice, as much as it takes to make a thick batter

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All the fanouropitas (Greek spiced raisin cake, in honour of St. Fanourios, patron saint of lost things) have the same ingredients more or less. I got the recipe for this particular one from an old lady, a neighbour of mine, Mrs Kiki and I can say it is one of the most tasty and fluffy ones that I have tasted.

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Recipe by dmsk

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Ingredients

4 cupsself-rising flour
1 cupoil
1 1/2 cupsugar
1 cupgolden raisins
1 cupblack raisins
1/2 cupground walnuts
2-3 tspcinnamon powder
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
zest of one large orange
freshly squeezed orange juice or fresh bottled orange juice, as much as it takes to make a thick batter

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Steps

1

Place the flour in a large bowl and add the baking powder and the cinnamon.
2

Then add the oil, the orange zest, the ground walnuts and the sugar.
3

Wash your hands thoroughly and add the natural orange juice mixing by hand (so that you ge the feeling of how thick the batter is) until you have a thick mixture. The less thick the mixture is the more fluffy the cake will be. But make sure it is not too runny!
4

Continue by adding the raisins after you coat them in flour and mix.
5

Finally, place the cake in a round mold of 26 to 28 diameter (oiled and floured) and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 1 hour (keep checking on it because the time of baking varies from one oven to another).