Traditional karidopita

Name: Traditional karidopita
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup butter; 2 cups coarsely ground walnuts; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ground clove; 1 1/2 cups dried bread crumbs; 1 1/2 cup flour; 5 eggs; 1 tsp baking soda; 3 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp cognac; 3 cups sugar; 2 cups water; 1 tbsp lemon juice

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A karidopita (Greek walnut cake with syrup) recipe that comes from a cookbook bought 20 years ago. Unfortunately the cover is ruined so I don't know the edition!

Recipe by zoe

A karidopita (Greek walnut cake with syrup) recipe that comes from a cookbook bought 20 years ago. Unfortunately the cover is ruined so I don't know the edition!

Recipe by zoe

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

A karidopita (Greek walnut cake with syrup) recipe that comes from a cookbook bought 20 years ago. Unfortunately the cover is ruined so I don't know the edition!

Recipe by zoe

A karidopita (Greek walnut cake with syrup) recipe that comes from a cookbook bought 20 years ago. Unfortunately the cover is ruined so I don't know the edition!

Recipe by zoe

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Ingredients

1 cupsugar
1 cupmilk
1/2 cupbutter
2 cupscoarsely ground walnuts
1 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspground clove
1 1/2 cupsdried bread crumbs
1 1/2 cupflour
5eggs
1 tspbaking soda
3 tspbaking powder
2 tbspcognac
For the syrup
3 cupssugar
2 cupswater
1 tbsplemon juice

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Steps

1

Beat the butter.
2

Add the sugar and the eggs.
3

Pour in the milk,
4

Then the walnuts tossed with the cinnamon and the cloves.
5

Add the baking soda dissolved in the cognac.
6

Combine the flour with the dried bread crumbs and the baking powder. Add them to the mixture stirring lightly.
7

Butter the baking tray and dust lightly with flour.
8

Bake for 1 hour in a hot oven at first and then turn down the heat.
9

Boil the syrup for 5 minutes.
10

Pour it over the hot karidopita.