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Gluten Free Fanouropita – Greek Fasting Cake (or The Lost & Found Cake)

Yields12 ServingsPrep Time10 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time55 mins

Α recipe with aniseed based on the recipe from my Godmother, Teresa, who was from Constantinople (called Istanbul nowadays).

 50 ml water in which we have boiled anise
 150 ml sunflower oil
 140 g sugar
 1 tsp cinnamon powder
 150 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
 1 tsp baking soda powder
 260 g gluten free flour for pastry Schär's Mix C – Mix Pâtisserie
 1 tsp baking powder
 40 g raisins that we will put in anise decoction to swell
 icing sugar for decoration (optional)
1

Boil enough water with anise and make plenty of decoction of anise.

2

Separate 50 ml of that (water in which we have boiled anise) and at the rest add to the raisins to swell.

3

Preheat the oven to 175°C/330°F.

4

Pour the oil, anise decoction, cinnamon and sugar in a large bowl.

5

Stir them with a whisk until the sugar melts.

6

In a large glass, pour the orange juice and soda, mixing them with a fork directly above the bowl with the mixture, until the soda foams and maybe spills into the mixture.

7

Add the rest that is left in the glass, to the mixture and whisk them.

8

Finally, add the sifted flour, salt and drained raisins and mix them all well with a spatula.

9

Line a greaseproof paper on 20 cm/8” inches baking pan and pour the mixture there.

10

Bake it for 30 Minutes and leave it with the oven closed for another 15 Minutes.

11

Let it to cool and serve it with icing sugar.

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