Tishpishti (Passover Honey Nut Cake in Soaking Syrup)

Cake Ingredients
1.5 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
6 eggs
6 tablespoons orange juice
2 teaspoons minced orange zest
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup matzo cake meal
1 cup chopped almonds
2 cups chopped walnuts

Soaking syrup ingredients
1 2/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup honey
2/3 cup orange juice
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray 13x9 inch baking pan. Using a wire whisk, beat the granulated sugar & brown sugar with the oil and eggs until the mixture is thick and pale yellow. Stirr in the remaining batter ingredients, then turn the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is light brown and set. Cool for at least 20 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the soaking syrup.

In a medium saucepan combine the syrup ingredients. Heat to dissolve the sugar and simmer for 5-10 minutes until the mixture becomes syrupy. Cool well.

Pour the cooled syrup over the cooled cake, poke holes in the cake with a fork to permit the syrup to penetrate. (Or you could cut the cake into small pieces first, then pour the syrup over). Allow the cake to stand for 2-4 hours to absorb the syrup.

Number of Servings: 60

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SPIEGY.