# Karydopita

## Ingredients

### For the syrup:
- `16` oz (`2` cups) water
- `300` g (`1.5` cups) sugar
- `1` teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- `1` slice lemon
- `1` cinnamon stick

### For the cake:

#### Dry ingredients:
- `300` g (`2.5` cups) all-purpose flour
- `1/2` teaspoon ground cloves
- `1` teaspoon ground cinnamon
- `2` teaspoons baking powder
- `400` g (`2` cups) granulated white sugar

#### Wet ingredients:
- `2.5` cups coarsely crushed walnuts
- `6` large eggs
- `300` g (`1.25` cups) milk
- `200` g (`1` cup) vegetable oil

## Instructions
### Syrup
- in a saucepan, combine all the syrup ingredients
- bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes
- remove from heat and let cool

### Cake
- preheat oven to 350F
- in a large bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients and whisk together until uniform
- add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and mix thoroughly until uniform
- spray a 10 inch baking pan with flour baking spray
- pour the batter into the greased baking pan
- bake for 70 minutes, testing the center with a toothpick at the 60 minute mark, and remove from the oven if the toothpick comes out clean
- once removed from the oven, poke holes all over your cake using a toothpick
- pour the syrup onto the cake
- allow to cool completely
- you can either remove the cake from the pan or leave it in the pan to slice and serve
- cut like baklava, if you don't know what that means, google "baklava cut"

Servings: 12

Category: Desserts

Link: https://miakouppa.com/walnut-cake-karydopita-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B4%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B1/#recipe

Tags: Vegetarian, Greek