Karidopita Recipe

• 3 cups fine Flour
• 3 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 cup ground Walnuts
• Orange Peel (grated)
• 1 cup Milk
• 4 Eggs
• 3 cups Sugar
• 1 cup Butter
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1 cup Water

• Sift flour and baking powder.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until foamy.
• Add butter and 1 cup sugar. Beat again until uniformly blended.
• Gradually add flour and milk. Beat well.
• Add orange peel and walnuts. Mix.
• Transfer the mixture into a buttered baking pan and bake for 1 hour.
• In the meanwhile, prepare the syrup by mixing the remaining sugar, water, and lemon juice together. Boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove the mixture form the oven and pour the syrup over it.
• Cool and slice before serving.