Portokalopita – Greek orange cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 1 organic orange(s), zest and juice
• 150 g sugar
• 100 ml water
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 package of filo pastry, approx. 400 g
• 3 organic oranges, zest and juice
• 200 g Greek yogurt
• 5 eggs
• 100 g sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100 ml olive oil
• n. B. Orange slice(s), thin

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

simple and very tasty

Zest all 4 oranges, then squeeze the juice. Bring the juice of one orange, sugar, cinnamon, and water to a boil to make a syrup, then simmer until slightly thickened. Loosely stretch the filo pastry sheets and let them dry either in the oven or simply in the air, then tear them into smaller pieces to make it easier. Using a hand mixer, mix the zest, the remaining orange juice, yogurt, eggs, sugar, and baking powder until fluffy. Also add most of the olive oil. Mix the dough with the filo pastry pieces. Pour this mixture into a baking dish greased with the remaining olive oil. Arrange thin orange slices on top. Bake the cake for 45 minutes at 180°C (top/bottom heat). Pierce holes in the surface and saturate the cake with the syrup while it is still hot.