Greek Walnut Cake (Karidopita)
Old ladies from high Athens society used to sit in the tea and coffee houses eating this rich walnut cake as an accompaniment to their tea and gossip. It is delicious accompanied by whipped cream! The thing to be careful with is for it to be neither too dry nor too syrupy.
Total Steps
11
Ingredients
12
Tools Needed
6
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- 100 gram walnuts, very roughly chopped
- 400 gram grated walnuts
- 400 gram all purpose flour
- 400 gram sugar
- 125 gram butter
- 8 eggs eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons cognac
- 1 tablespoon crumbled rusks
- 320 gram sugar (for syrup)
- 400 milliliters water (for syrup)
Instructions
Step 1
Beat the butter, sugar, cinnamon and the yolks of the eggs in a mixer for 10 minutes.
Step 2
Transfer the mixture to a bowl.
Step 3
Clean the mixer bowl and beat the whites of the eggs in the mixer until it becomes a meringue.
Step 4
Add half of the meringue to the yolk mixture.
Step 5
Mix the baking powder with the 400g grated walnuts, gradually adding the flour.
Step 6
Add this mixture to the egg yolk mixture along with the remaining meringue, stirring gently.
Step 7
Transfer the whole mixture to a 30cm oven dish, 6cm deep, which has been well buttered, and the crumbled rusks sprinkled over the bottom.
Step 8
Spread the 100g roughly chopped walnuts on top.
Step 9
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.
Step 10
Meanwhile, put the sugar and water in a pan and boil for 15 minutes.
Step 11
Remove the cake and cut into pieces with a bread knife and spread the syrup over the top, followed by the cognac.