Karydopita

Ingredients

3 c water
4 c granulated sugar
1 orange
18 eggs
5 tb cognac
1 ts vanilla extract
1/2 ts baking soda
6 zwieback
1 lb walnuts
1 ts cinnamon
4 cups sugar
2 baking
350 degree oven

Instructions

the oven and set on a wire rack. Spoon the cooled syrup over the cake and allow it to cool in the pan. Cut into traditional diamond shapes, according to desired size. From "The Food of Greece" by Vilma Liacouras Chantiles, Avenel Books, New York. Cutting Diagram: ___________________________________ |_\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___| |___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\_| |_\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___| |___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\_| |_\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___ Typed for you by Karen Mintzias