June 14, 2022
I wanted my first blog entry to be something appealing and sweet. What better than sharing a recipe of one of my favourite desserts, right ? 🙂
This recipe is originally from the Turkish blog “ Portakal Agaci ”. However, I adjusted it a little bit.
Ingredients:
… for the cake
3 eggs
3/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of grind walnuts
1 cup of flour
1/2 package baking powder (appr. 10 gram)
6-7 dried figs (steeped in warm water for 10 minutes and finely diced)
… for the syrup
550 ml warm water
50 ml milk
1/2 cup of sugar
… for the topping
40 gr cornstarch
6 tablespoons sugar
800 ml milk
Procedure
… for the cake
Beat eggs with sugar thoroughly. Add flour + baking powder + walnuts and mix well. Finally add the figs and mix again. Pour the batter in a baking pan and bake at 160 C.
Stab the cake with a fork in order to get little holes so that the syrup is being immersed better in the next step.
… for the syrup
Mix everything well and pour on the cake 5 minutes after the cake has been removed from the oven.
… for the topping
Mix cornstarch and 100 ml of the milk in a separate cup and set aside. Mix the sugar with the rest of the milk in a pan and bring it to a boil. Add the milk+cornstarch mixture and stir well till the mixture thickens (appr. 3 minutes). Remove from heat and pour over the cake 5 minutes after you poured the syrup on the cake.
Serve with cinnamon on top. Bon appetite !!