Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, traditional karidopita. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A mouthwatering Greek walnut cake recipe, scented with the aromas and blends of cinnamon and grounded clove. This is the traditional Greek walnut cake recipe which calls for galeta (powdered breadcrumbs) instead of flour and is infused with a cinnamon flavoured syrup. It's a great cake to make ahead because it will keep well covered and at room temperature.
Traditional karidopita is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Traditional karidopita is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have traditional karidopita using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Traditional karidopita:
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Get 1/2 cup butter
- Take 2 cups coarsely ground walnuts
- Prepare 1 tsp cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground clove
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups dried bread crumbs
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup flour
- Prepare 5 eggs
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Take 3 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 2 tbsp cognac
- Take For the syrup
- Take 3 cups sugar
- Take 2 cups water
- Take 1 tbsp lemon juice
Karidopita or Karithdopita is a seriously indulgent Greek walnut cake recipe made with cognac, a hint of spice and breadcrumbs which create an uber moist and sexy eating experience 🙂. In a bowl combine the walnuts, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, breadcrumbs, flour, and baking powder. I'm afraid karidopita falls short of humble ingredients or re-use that are my competition challenges. It's a festive, cold weather cake fit for celebrating!
Steps to make Traditional karidopita:
- Beat the butter.
- Add the sugar and the eggs.
- Pour in the milk,
- Then the walnuts tossed with the cinnamon and the cloves.
- Add the baking soda dissolved in the cognac.
- Combine the flour with the dried bread crumbs and the baking powder. Add them to the mixture stirring lightly.
- Butter the baking tray and dust lightly with flour.
- Bake for 1 hour in a hot oven at first and then turn down the heat.
- Boil the syrup for 5 minutes.
- Pour it over the hot karidopita.
For this one, there was a little conspiracy too! Mum dug out a grandma's Dina very, very old recipe for karidopita. Greek Walnut Cake What's A Greek Walnut Sponge Cake? In Greece, we call it Karydopita and it's pronounced more like Kari-th-o-pita. It's a syrup-soaked sponge cake, spiced with cinnamon, ground cloves, and brandy, and loaded with chopped walnuts (inside and on top).
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