Greek cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Petimezopita

Moist cake with grape must syrup, clove and walnuts, baked without egg or butter.

Ingredients · for 8 servings

• 300 g flour (type 550)
• 200 g pekmez (grape molasses)
• 150 ml olive oil
• 200 ml orange juice
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 150 g walnuts
• 1 orange (zest)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C and grease a 24 cm springform pan with olive oil, then dust with a little flour.
2. Roughly chop the walnuts, setting aside 2 tbsp for the top, and finely grate the orange zest.
3. Stir the pekmez, olive oil, orange juice and orange zest until smooth, mix in the baking soda and let stand for 2 min. until the mixture foams slightly.
4. Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ground cloves, stir into the liquid ingredients in two batches, mixing only until the batter is just smooth; fold in the walnuts.
5. Pour the batter into the pan, smooth the top, sprinkle with the remaining walnuts and bake for 45–50 min. until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Let the cake rest in the pan for 15 min., then turn out onto a rack and serve lukewarm or cold in slices.