Walnut and sultana cake recipe (Karidopita)
Servings
10
servingsPrep time
20
minutesCooking time
40
minutesThis mouth-watering fluffy and moist walnut and sultana cake is the perfect companion with your next coffee or tea. Scented with slight aromas such as cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. A definite winner.
Ingredients
- Cake Ingredients
8 eggs (separated)
2 cups self-rising flour
3 cups walnuts (finely chopped)
1 cup sultana’s
1 cup butter (softened)
1 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon ground powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg ground powder
1 clove clove ground powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 shot brandy
- Syrup Ingredients
2 cups of water
1 cup of sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
Juice of 1 orange
Instructions
- Separate egg whites and egg yolks.
- Add half baking powder to walnut mixture and flour mixture.
- Using a hand mixer combine egg whites and salt on high a high speed. Egg whites will turn into a meringue.
- Continue mixing until eggs begin to thicken and place in a clean bowl.
- In the mixing bowl add softened butter and sugar and mix on medium speed until sugar dilutes.
- Add egg yolks, mixing through thoroughly.
- Once the mixture has combined, add half egg white meringue mixture and continue to mix on a low speed.
- Add half of the walnut mixture, mixing through thoroughly before adding cinnamon, clove and nutmeg ground powder to the mixture.
- Allow mixture to combine thoroughly on low speed.
- Slowly combine the flour into the wet mixture.
- Add 1 shot brandy to the mixture.
- Allow mixture to combine thoroughly on low speed.
- Add the rest of the walnut mixture, combining through thoroughly.
- Gently fold through the rest of the egg white meringue mixture and sultanas through thoroughly.
- Using olive oil, grease the cake tin horoughly and add cake mixture.
- Bake for 40 minutes at 160 C.
- In a shallow pot over high heat, add 2 cups of water, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 cloves and juice of 1 orange.
- Reduce syrup, occasionally stirring (syrup should thicken).
- Allow Syrup to cool.
- Apply Syrup over cooled cake ensuring syrup is spread evenly over the cake.
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Notes
- Allow cake to cool before applying syrup.
- Allow syrup to cool before applying over cake.
- Use whole or half walnut pieces as garnish.
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