Ouzo Keik (Cake)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 510.29 g lemon cake mix
- 106.31 g box lemon pudding mix
- 236.59 ml chopped walnuts
- 4 eggs
- 177.44 ml water
- 118.29 ml oil
- 59.14 ml ouzo (Sambuca will also work)
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 236.59 ml water
- 2 inch cinnamon sticks
- 2 whole cloves
- 236.59 ml honey
- 29.58 ml ouzo
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
- Sprinkle walnuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.
- Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil, and Ouzo.
- Pour batter into pan, over the walnuts.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Place on a rack and cool for 30 minutes.
- Invert onto a serving plate.
- Prick several times with a skewer and pour honey syrup over the top.
- To make honey syrup:.
- Combine honey, water, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a pot.
- Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
- Cool for 30 minutes without stirring, or until mixture is syrupy (230 degrees on a candy thermometer.).
- Remove cinnamon sticks and cloves.
- Stir in honey.
- Stir in Ouzo.