Amigthalopita (Almond Cake)

Ingredients

• cake
• 6 eggs (separated)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1 coffee cup flour (Turkish coffee cup size)
• 1 tsp juice of orange
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup crushed almonds
• syrup
• 2 cups sugar syrup
• 1 cup water

Method

1. 1

   Mix dry ingredients together

2. 2

   Blend egg yolks with sugar and beat well

3. 3

   Add orange juice alternately with dry ingredients

4. 4

   Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites

5. 5

   Place in greased pyrex and bake for 30 minutes at 180°C

6. 6

   Boil sugar and water until syrup drips from spoon in drops

7. 7

   Let it cool

8. 8

   Pour cold syrup over cake and serve with fresh cream

9. cake
10. syrup