# Portokalopita

Portokalopita is a famous Greek cake that has orange as a "star" ingredient, it is a syrupy cake with a very good taste!

- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pachet foi fine placinta
- 6 ouă
- praf sare
- 170 g zahar
- vanilie
- 1 lingurita praf de copt
- 2 coaja de portocale
- 180 ml ulei
- 350 g iaurt grecesc sau alt iaurt
- 500 ml suc de portocale
- 180 g zahar
- 1 baton scorțișoară sau putina scortisoara macinata

## Instructions

1. Start by putting the pastry sheets to dry, folded or crumpled and dried in a tray in the oven at 160° for approx. 20 min.
2. In a bowl, mix the eggs with a pinch of salt and sugar for about 5 min. Continue mixing at the lowest speed, gradually adding the vanilla, baking powder, orange peel, oil and yogurt.
3. Add the crushed pastry sheets to the composition.
4. Choose a wider dish, portokalopita is not a tall cake. Grease the dish well with butter and then add the composition. Garnish with orange slices and bake in the oven for approx. 40-45 min at 180°C.
5. Quickly prepare the syrup from freshly squeezed orange juice, sugar and cinnamon. Strain if fruit pulp remains for a clear syrup. Boil the syrup approx. 5 min and let it cool down quickly.
6. After the cake has browned nicely, it is ready. Pierce it with a toothpick from place to place and gradually add the cold or lukewarm syrup. Wait until the syrup is completely absorbed and then it can be portioned.

## Tips

- If you don't have a cinnamon stick, you can replace it with ground cinnamon.
- It is said that it should be left in the refrigerator until the next day, but we savored it immediately.
- Can be enjoyed immediately, warm or cold, goes perfectly with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16cK61mMr4/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/36a87df5-9b00-4a6e-8a30-a96095a8d109
- Extracted: 2025-06-01

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