Gluten-free karidopita (Greek walnut cake)
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Read about soaked and syrup cakes in the BrightCulinary Book
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Ingredients
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- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole cinnamon stick
- 5–6 whole cloves
- 1 cup water
Combine 1 cup sugar, a cinnamon stick, 5 or 6 cloves and 1 cup water; bring to a boil until the sugar dissolves.
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup Greek honey
Add the vanilla and honey, mix, take off the heat and cool completely.
- 3 whole whole eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp salt
In a mixer whisk the room-temperature eggs on high with the sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves and salt until fluffy.
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 cup gluten-free flour
Add the olive oil and milk, then the whisked gluten-free flour, baking powder and baking soda.
Oil, milk and the dry ingredients
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup ground up walnuts
- 2 tsp gluten-free flour
Toss the ground walnuts with about two teaspoons of flour and whisk in until just combined; do not overmix.
Folding in the walnuts and filling the pan
Bake in a preheated 350F oven 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
Straight from the oven, poke all over with a toothpick and pour the cooled syrup over; let it absorb about an hour to an hour and a half.
- walnuts
- cinnamon
- powdered sugar
Top with walnuts tossed with a little cinnamon and dust with powdered sugar.
Walnut topping and powdered sugar