Karithopita, Walnut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces butter, unsalted
• 1/4 cup berry sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 piece cinnamon bark (3-4")
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon brandy

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter& sugar until light& fluffy.
• 2 add egg yolks, beat well.
• 3 sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon& salt.
• 4 beat egg whites stiff.
• 5 fold the flour into the butter/sugar then mix in about 1/3 of the egg whites.
• 6 fold in the groung walnuts and then fold in the last of the egg whites, use a metal spoon to blend mixture well, evenly and quickly.
• 7 spread in a buttered 9x12 cake pan and bake in 350f oven for 45 minutes or until cake is done.
• 8 meanwhile dissolve the sugar in the water over medium heat add cinnamon bark& lemon juice and bring to a boil, boil for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from heat, remove bark, stir in the brandy& cool.
• 10 pour cold syrup over the hot cake and let the cake cool.
• 11 cut into squares or diamonds.
• 12 serve with whipped cream.