Walnut Cake Recipe (Karidopita) - Vicki's Greek Recipes

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• 4 cups of self raising flour
• 3 cups of sugar
• 2 cups of chopped walnuts
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup milk
• 8 eggs
• vanilla stick or 4-5 vanilla drops
• 1 sachet of ammonia carbonate or 20gr baking powder
• For the syrup:
• 5 cups of water
• 4 cups o f sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• lemon zest
• This walnut cake calls for a 27cm or 10 inches round cake tin.