Ingredients
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4 cups flour
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4 teaspoons baking powder
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1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 cup olive oil
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1 cup sugar, plus
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2 tablespoons sugar
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2 oranges, juice and zest of, plus enough extra
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2 cups fresh orange juice, in total
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1/2 cup brandy (but the brandy tastes better!) or 1/2 cup water (but the brandy tastes better!)
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1 cup golden raisin
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1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped, toasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Butter and flour a 12-inch, round cake pan or a 9x13x2-inch baking dish.
- Mix the flour with the spices.
- In a bowl mix the oil, sugar, orange juice, brandy and the orange zest.
- Mix well.
- Add the flour, the raisins and the walnuts.
- Mix well.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake the cake (it is called a'pie'- pita' in Greek) for 45 min to an hour (tester inserted comes out clean).