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Keik Nistsimo (Lenten Cake)

Cuisine: Greek
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 1/2 cups 218g / 7.7ozFlour
1 teaspoon 5mlBaking powder
3/4 cup 177mlOil
1/2 cup 80g / 2.8ozWhite raisins
1 1/4 cups 247g / 8.7ozSugar
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozChopped walnuts
2 teaspoons 10mlGrated orange peel
1/2 cup 118mlCognac
1 teaspoon 5mlBaking soda
2 cups 474mlOrange juice
2 teaspoons 10mlCinnamon
  Cinnamon for sprinkling
10   Sugar

Recipe Instructions

Sift flour into ceramic bowl and mix the baking powder; scoop out a well in center. Heat oil in frying pan and pour into the flour. Add raisins, sugar, nuts, orange peel, cognac, baking soda dissolved in the orange juice, and cinnamon. Mix to make a stiff dough.

Put into a buttered tube pan or baking pan and bake in preheated 300F. oven for about1 hour. As soon as you remove it from the oven, sprinkle with the cinnamon and confectioner's sugar.

Source:
Jeff Smith

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