SC - an interesting challenge...and its even about medievalfood! :)

[Elaine Koogler]

This looks wonderful!  Do you have any idea if it might be a period recipe?  It
would be gret if it were!

Kiri

margali wrote:

> Hi, all
> I have been playing with the recipe for an almond cake recipe I had at a
> greek orthodox dinner and have finally figured out the recipe.
>
> Amygdalopita
> 14 eggs
> 1 cup sugar
> 1 pound almond flour[thanks kingarthurflour.com  !]
> 2 1/2 cup farina/cream of wheat
> 1 tablespoon baking powder
> 1 tablespoon fiore di sicilia [also kingarthurflour.com]
>
> Beat eggs, add sugar with egg beater. Add baking powder and vanilla. .
> Add a little almond flour at a time to other mixture. Grease a 14 inch,
> 2 inch deep pan. Pour mixture into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25
> minutes. In the  meantime, prepare the syrup.
>
> I tried a sugar syrup and a honey syrup, and the sugar one is the one I
> had originally-and I like it better.
>
> 3 cups sugar
> 3 cups water
> juice of 1 lemon with the peel as well
> about 1/8 tsp cinnamon-the real vietnamese kind, not cassia
>
>  Boil until mixture slightly thickens.
>
>  When cake is done, remove from oven and cut into diamond shapes. Pour
> syrup over it and let soak until cool.
>
> nutritional info-Not a clue, but it probably has 10 zillion calories in
> a piece ;-)
>
> margali
>
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