Fanouropita - St Fanourios Cake
Fanouropita is a very soft and crumbly cake free from dairy. Flavored with olive oil, spices, orange, red wine, walnuts, and raisins. This Greek Lenten cake is the cake for lost things!
Servings: 10
Calories: 556kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 180 grams (¾ cup + 1 tbsp) olive oil or half olive oil and half vegetable oil such as corn or sunflower
- 200 grams (1 cup) sugar
- 100 ml sweet red wine
- 450 grams (15.8 ounce) fresh orange juice
- 1 orange zested
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅓ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 500 grams (4 cups + 2 tablespoons) self-raising flour
- 100 grams (3.5 ounce) raisins
- 120 grams (4.3 ounce) walnuts
- icing sugar to serve with
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C.
- Add walnuts to a food processor and pulse until finely ground but not powdered. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl add the olive oil, sugar, orange zest and juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and red wine. Whisk until sugar dissolves and the mixture thickens slightly.
- Add the baking soda and whisk to dissolve.
- Gradually whisk in the flour. And finally, stir in the walnuts and raisins.
- Transfer to a 10-inch Springform pan (26 cm) and bake for about 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Place the cake pan on a cooling rack and allow to cool down to room temperature. Then remove the ring, dust with icing sugar, cut and serve.
- You may keep this cake in an airtight food container for up to a week at room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 556kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Sodium: 115mg | Potassium: 293mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg