Greek Honey Cake

"A Greek cake that tastes a little like the much more complicated Greek dessert, baklava. Posted for ZWT #6."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and orange rind. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in the walnuts.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 15 minutes, then cut into diamond shapes. Pour honey syrup over the cake.
  • For the Honey Syrup: In a saucepan, combine honey, 1 cup sugar and water. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. Should we add the honey syrup just before eating or is it okay to add a day before?
     
  2. Does this cake need to be refrigerated or can it stay at room temperature?
     
  3. Just wondering if this cake is best cooked on the day or is the day before ok?
     
  4. Can you double the recipe by just doubling the amounts?
     
  5. Hello. Question, is the butter salted or unsalted? Thank you.
     
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Reviews

  1. Very sweet, sticky, tasty cake! Very different from any cake we've ever had. I almost didn't pour all the syrup over the cake, but then decided, "What the heck!" and did. The cake soaked it all up, (didn't float!), and my husband said he liked it better than baklava! I used freshly grated zest from one small orange, (added to the wet ingredients), and it gave the cake a wonderfully bright citrusy flavor. We even had it right out of the fridge for dessert the next night, and we liked it that way, too, on a nice warm night. Thanks for a great recipe, California Jan! ZWT9
     
  2. The cake itself was great until I added the honey syrup suggested in the recipe, which required 1 cup of honey and 1 cup of sugar. Do not add sugar to the syrup at all! I did, I trusted the recipe online, and my cake was sickly sweet, I had to throw it away! Can’t trust online recipes.
     
  3. This was exceptionally moist and very tasty. We had a minor mishap with the sauce, which was no fault of yours - I stepped away from the stove for a minute and it boiled over and made a huge mess! Nevertheless, what we salvaged was very good. I made mini cupcakes but it didn't really help with portion control cause my husband just kept popping them in his mouth! Thanks for the recipe!
     
  4. Wow. That was absolutely amazing. The flavor was incredible and my guests even had seconds. Will definitely make again and again--and again.
     
  5. I never write reviews, but, this is worthy of a five star review. Absolutely beautiful!<br/>I love sweet greek cakes and this is by far the best I have ever tasted. If people have a sweet tooth, don't miss this one.<br/>The cake without the syrup is also so very good on it's own, with the syrup it's magic!<br/>Will be making again very soon.<br/>Mark (Greece)
     
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Tweaks

  1. Add cinnamon stick and two or three whole cloves to syrup before cooking it.
     
    • Review photo by Cyndi K.
  2. I agree with omitting the nuts--they just get in the way of the flavor. I made this in time for the upcoming Jewish New Year (Rosh haShana) I didnt use all-purp flour but just the usual WW flour that I have on hand. I stupidly forgot the milk. But it still came out great! I suspect it wouldve worked had I used a nondairy margarine too. By omitting the milk and using nondairy margarine you can achieve a dairyfree, kosher parve recipe.
     
  3. I left out the nuts, I don't like nuts and left out the orange zest and lemon juice. This is divine! Its no wonder the gods want it for offering. Lol
     
  4. Swapped in almond slivers for the walnuts and made cupcakes instead of the 9x9.
     
  5. Also cut the syrup down by a quarter, as I didn't have enough honey. I think it could even be cut in half in a pinch; but that syrup is what makes it so good!!!!
     

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