Authentic Greek Honey Cake | Big Recipe

Ingredients

• ***For the cake:***
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more, to taste, for greasing the pan
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more, to taste, for dusting the pan
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1 orange, zested
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 cup coarse semolina or farina flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ***For the honey-pistachio syrup:***
• 1 1/4 cups salted pistachios
• 1 1/4 cups good-quality honey
• 2 oranges, juiced
• 1 lemon, juiced
• almonds, optional, to taste, sliced, for topping