Delicious Middle Eastern Pecan Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 8 free range eggs, separated
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 1 1/2 cups ground pecans
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange flower water
• 1 orange, zest of, grated
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon orange flower water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 in mixer bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar. stir in pecans, cinnamon, orange juice, ornage flower water and zest.
• 3 in another bowl, beat egg whites until foamy; add salt. beat in remaining 1/2 cup sugar, a tablespoon at a time, to stiff peaks.
• 4 fold yolk mixture into whites. pour into ungreased 9 x 13-inch baking pan, smoothing top. bake in preheated 180°c oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5 cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes before removing from pan.
• 6 syrup:.
• 7 in saucepan, combine water, sugar, honey orange flower water & lemon juice.
• 8 bring to a boil & cook until syrup thickens, about 20 minutes .let cool slightly.
• 9 poke a few holes in the cake with a toothpick and pour hot syrup over cake. let cool in pan.
• 10 cover and refrigerate leftover cake.