Traditional Cakes in Lania & Modern Dishes with Roddy | My Cypriot Kitchen Ep 3 | Tonia Buxton

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a healthier fat option.

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate with stevia

💰Cheaper: semi-sweet chocolate

Stevia reduces sugar content while maintaining sweetness.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt lowers calories while adding creaminess.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener with unique flavor.

Wash the orange and cut it into quarters.

Blitz the orange in a food processor until coarsely chopped.

Add the eggs and half a glass of sugar to the food processor.

Add optional criate brandy and half a glass of olive oil to the food processor.

Blitz the mixture briefly until combined.

Add one glass of whole meal flour and one glass of village unbleached white flour to the mixture.

Add one tablespoon of cocoa powder and five tablespoons of drinking chocolate to the mixture.

Add milk and mix everything together well.

Add halved walnuts to the mixture and mix gently.

Pour the batter into a cake tin.

Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for around one hour, checking for doneness in the last 10 minutes.

Spear the cake to allow syrup to soak in.

Prepare syrup by boiling half a glass of sugar with one glass of water, then let it cool.

Pour the cold syrup over the hot cake and let it absorb.

Prepare glaze with butter, condensed milk, cocoa powder, and drinking chocolate.

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