Ouzo Keik (cake)

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (18 ounce) lemon cake mix
• 1 (3 3/4 ounce) box lemon pudding mix
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup ouzo (sambuca will also work)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 inches cinnamon sticks
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons ouzo

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• 3 sprinkle walnuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.
• 4 combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil, and ouzo.
• 5 pour batter into pan, over the walnuts.
• 6 bake for 1 hour.
• 7 place on a rack and cool for 30 minutes.
• 8 invert onto a serving plate.
• 9 prick several times with a skewer and pour honey syrup over the top.
• 10 to make honey syrup:.
• 11 combine honey, water, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a pot.
• 12 bring to a boil and reduce heat.
• 13 cool for 30 minutes without stirring, or until mixture is syrupy (230 degrees on a candy thermometer.).
• 14 remove cinnamon sticks and cloves.
• 15 stir in honey.
• 16 stir in ouzo.