Greek cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Portokalopita

Juicy orange cake made from torn phyllo dough and soaked in syrup.

Ingredients · for 10 servings

• 400 g phyllo dough
• 4 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 250 ml yogurt
• 200 ml olive oil
• 2 oranges (juice and zest)
• 1 sachet baking powder
• 300 g sugar for the syrup
• 300 ml water
• 1 cinnamon stick

Instructions

1. Tear the phyllo dough into pieces and let it dry in the air for 2 hours.
2. Beat the eggs with the sugar until fluffy, then stir in the yogurt, oil, orange juice and zest.
3. Fold in the baking powder and the torn dough.
4. Transfer to a baking dish and bake at 180 °C for 45 minutes.
5. Cook a syrup from sugar, water, cinnamon and orange zest and pour it hot over the cooled cake.