Fanouropita or The Wish Cake
Print RecipeIngredients
- 375 g vegetable oil (I used sunflower oil)
- 375 ml fresh orange juice
- 120 g chopped walnuts
- 540 g self-rising flour
- 75 g raisins
- 300 g sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
Preheat the oven at 180C
Use a hand whisk to beat the sugar, vegetable oil and 250 ml of the orange juice in a large bowl until the sugar is dissolved
Combine the remaining 120 ml of orange juice with the baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in a separate bowl. Mix with a fork until the baking soda froths
Add the baking soda mixture to the bowl with the sugar and mix thoroughly
Add the flour, walnuts, salt and raisins. Mix until all of the ingredients are completely combined
Line a baking round tin with a parchment paper
Pour in the mixture and bake for 50-60 minutes. Stick a toothpick in after 40 minutes to see if it is ready. The toothpick has to come out clean
Serve with icing sugar
Notes
I discovered this moist and cinnamon scented cake during a blitz, late autumn visit to Rhodes island. What attracted my attention first was the story around it. This is the cake done whenever somebody is looking for lost things or people or when one has a wish. I decided tooo call it "the Wishing Cake". In fact it is a cake dedicated to Saint Fanourios, patron of lost things.
