Karithopita Greek Walnut Cake Recipe

Greek Walnut Cake

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Karithopita Greek Walnut Cake

   Ingredients required
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
6 eggs, separated
one cup flour, sifted
one teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, topping
Syrup:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup honey
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
rum or lemon flavoring

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Karithopita Greek Walnut Cake Recipe

   Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Beat until light. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into mixture. Combine dry ingredients, except course nuts and fold into mixture carefully. Stir in walnuts. Turn into greased 10 x 14 x 2 inch pan. Sprinkle with the coarse nuts. Baked about 1/2 hour, until done. Remove from oven and while hot pour cool syrup over it. Cut into diamond shapes. Serves 24. Syrup: Boil sugar with water until thick medium consistency. Add one cup of honey and cinnamon. Stir in 1/3 cup light rum if desired or boil syrup with a slice of lemon in it. Let stand a couple hours before serving.

Enjoy quick and easy recipes from an old cookbook made about fifty years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House, Mrs.Gerald Ford, the First Lady's Strawberry Blitz Torte recipe about 1975. Also a recipe from the Vice Presidents wife, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Karithopita Greek Walnut Cake Recipe