Ingredients:
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup olive oil
1 cup sugar, plus
2 tablespoons sugar
2 oranges, juice and zest of, plus enough extra
2 cups fresh orange juice, in total
1/2 cup brandy (but the brandy tastes better!) or 1/2 cup water ( but the brandy tastes better!)
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped, toasted
Directions:
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).
Servings: 12-15
Time preparation: 10 min.
Time total: 55 min.