Portolakopita - Greek Orange Cake
Created by JostLori on September 24, 2017
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 85m
- Recipe #28201
Ingredients
- FOR SYRUP
- Orange slices (3 slices, 1/8-inch-thick)
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- Cinnamon stick (1 stick, 2-inch)
- 1 1/2 cups water
- FOR CAKE
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cups fresh orange juice
- 14 tablespoons olive oil (extra-virgin, plus more for greasing flour, for pan)
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup semolina (fine)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 ounces phyllo dough (sheets, torn into 1/2" pieces)
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oven to 325°. Put orange slices in bottom of an 8" x 8" baking dish; pour 1 cup orange juice over top. Cover baking dish with foil. Bake until oranges are very soft, 40–45 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.
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Step 2: Meanwhile, bring the 3/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan. Cook for 5 minutes; remove from heat. Pour syrup over orange slices. Let cool completely.
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Step 3: Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan and dust with flour; set aside.
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Step 4: Combine the other 3/4 cup sugar and eggs in a bowl; beat with a hand mixer until pale and thick. Whisk in remaining orange juice, oil, yogurt, zest, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk together semolina and baking powder, whisk into egg mixture, then stir in phyllo.
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Step 5: Pour mixture into prepared baking pan; bake until lightly browned, about 35–40 minutes. Test by inserting tip of sharp knife into cake; if it comes out clean, it's done.
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Step 6: Pour the cold syrup evenly over cake; let cool. To serve, cut cake into 12 squares and cut orange slices into quarters; top each square with an orange quarter.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (161.8 g)
- Calories 380.6
- Total Fat - 19.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.2 g
- Cholesterol - 70 mg
- Sodium - 214.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 46.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 28.1 g
- Protein - 6.1 g
- Calcium - 82.2 mg
- Iron - 1.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 13.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg