Baklava Cake
All the flavour of deliciously sweet Baklava is in this Baklava Cake/Traybake. Crunchy Pistachios, Sweet Syrup and a lovely moist Cake.
Ingredients
- 3 Eggs
- 200 g Greek Yoghurt See Notes
- 125 g Oil Neutral flavoured oil
- 2 tbsp Orange Zest
- 120 g Self Raising Flour
- 90 g Ground Almonds
- 175 g Caster Sugar
- 1 ¾ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Ground Cardamom
Syrup
- 100 g Caster Sugar
- 80 ml Orange Juice
- 50 ml Water
- ½ tsp Cardamom
Topping
- Dry Rose Petals and Coursely ground Pistachios
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 3/170 C. Grease and line a 9 x 13 tin.
- Beat eggs and add yoghurt, oil, orange zest. Mix till frothy.
- Add Flour, Ground Almonds, Sugar, Baking Powder, Salt and Cardamom to a bowl and mix together.
- Combine the dry and wet ingredients. Fold together gently.
- Pour batter into lined tin and bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- To make the syrup, simmer the sugar, orange juice and cardamom in a pot for 8 minutes on high. Remove from the heat.
- Remove cake from oven, poke holes all over the cake and pour over syrup.
- Top with rose petals and crushed pistachios. Allow to cool for 20 minutes in the tin before cutting.
Notes
Loaf Cake - To make in a loaf cake, half the syrup and bake for 40 - 50 minutes.
Nuts - Use whatever nuts you like but Walnuts, Almonds or Pistachios work best.
Syrup Flavours - You can add Rose Water, Saffron, Clove, Cinnamon, Honey, Orange Blossom Water and other flavours to your Syrup or Cake. I just love orange flavoured desserts.
Nutrition
Calories: 117kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 72mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 47IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg
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