Byzantine Yogurt Cake with Hidden Treasure

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Cuisine: Greek | Course Type: Cakes

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Recipe Review

This interesting cake went well,the thick batter spread nicely and it was easy to layer the Cyprus sweet-wine soaked raisins mixed with chopped almonds, cinnamon and sugar between the two layers of batter. I used a layer of greased parchment to help turn the cake out of the 10 inch spring form pan. This is where things went wrong. The cake baked perfectly in the allotted time, and when I turned it over and peeled off the parchment, I had a hard top through which he syrup would not penetrate. I couldn't even pour the first third of syrup as it was already pooling. I finally dumped it all on top and went to bed. Don't expect to be able to eat this soon after making it. I tried skewering it all over with minimal penetration. Perhaps pouring very hot syrup over a very hot cake would help. Maybe the ratio of ingredients is off. This cake has potentential. My cake was dry with a delicious hidden filling and amazing lemon syrup on top. It wasn't the syrup soaked cake of my dreams. However she does call it "frosting" the cake with the syrup, so maybe that is how it should turn out.

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Queezle_Sister - 5th March 2013
Did you put the syrup on the top of the cake or the bottom (as defined by the way it cooked). I've now made two of the cakes that use syrup, and your experience sounds like when I tried to apply syrup to the top. That was a slow painful process. But when I put syrup on the bottom, it soaked in quite fast. How did it compare to your addition of syrup to the walnut cake?

Peckish Sister - 5th March 2013
I definitely followed your advice and flipped the cake over. But it was a very hard solid surface. The walnut cake however performed as expected, soaking up all of the syrup and looking nicely glistening on top. My Greek yogurt was at the end of its shelf life and seemed fine, but very thick, maybe that was the problem.

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Queezle_Sister - 5th March 2013
My kids always think I should try the cake recipes, so perhaps I'll give this one a go.

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