Vegan karidopita with chocolate glaze

Name: Vegan karidopita with chocolate glaze
Yield: 15-20 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cup oil; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 cups walnuts; 4 cups all purpose flour; 2 cups water; 1/2 cup brandy; 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp clove powder; lemon zest; 3 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 200 g sugar; 200 ml water; 1 cinnamon stick; 250 g couverture chocolate; 30 g margarine

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Greece

This is an amazing karidopita (walnut cake with syrup) recipe that is as delicious as the usual karidopita.

Recipe by sofita

This is an amazing karidopita (walnut cake with syrup) recipe that is as delicious as the usual karidopita.

Recipe by sofita

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

This is an amazing karidopita (walnut cake with syrup) recipe that is as delicious as the usual karidopita.

Recipe by sofita

This is an amazing karidopita (walnut cake with syrup) recipe that is as delicious as the usual karidopita.

Recipe by sofita

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Ingredients

15-20 servings

1 cupoil
1 1/2 cupssugar
2 cupswalnuts
4 cupsall purpose flour
2 cupswater
1/2 cupbrandy
1/2 tspcinnamon powder
1/2 tspclove powder
lemon zest
3 tspbaking powder
1 tspbaking soda
For the syrup
200 gsugar
200 mlwater
1cinnamon stick
For the chocolate glaze
250 gcouverture chocolate
30 gmargarine

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2

Mix the flour with the cinnamon, the clove and the baking powder.
3

Add oil and mix with a fork.
4

Add the sugar, the water, the walnuts, the baking soda dissolved in the brandy, the lemon zest and mix to incorporate.
5

Brush a baking tray (about 32 cm diameter) with oil, add the batter and bake at 180°C for about an hour.
6

Set it aside to cool.
7

Prepare the syrupboil the water and the sugar with the cinnamon stick for 5-7 minutes and then pour the hot syrup over the karidopita.
8

Melt the chololate with the margarine either in a bain-marie or the microwave and pour the glaze over the karidopita.