Hello Foodies,
Baklava is very popular and mouthwatering Turkish dessert. Baklava is a layer of chopped nuts placed on multiple layers of phyllo pastry sheet dipped in sugar syrup. Today I am sharing delicious cake recipe with baklava. Basically I made cinnamon and nuts cake layered with baklava.
I made this cake on my wedding anniversary. Enjoy this delicious cake recipe.
For Cake:-
All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cups
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Cinnamon powder – ½ tsp
Salt – a pinch
Vanilla essence – few drops
Sugar – ¾ cup
Chopped nuts – ½ cup (I used pecans and walnuts)
Melted butter – ¼ cup+ greasing the pan
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Milk – ½ cup
For Baklava:-
Phyllo sheets – 16(store bought)
Chopped nuts (I used pistachios, almonds and cashews)
Melted butter – ¾ cup
For honey – sugar syrup:-
Sugar – ¾ cup
Water – ½ cup
Honey – ¼ cup
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Directions for Cake:-
1) Preheat the oven at 350 degree F.
2) In a mixing bowl sift all dry ingredients (first five) and mix well.Add nuts in dry ingredients and mix well.
3) In another mixing bowl add sugar and milk. Whisk it well until sugar completely dissolved.
4) Add vanilla essence and mix with mixture.
5) Now add sifted dry ingredients in sugar- milk mixture and mix well.
6) Add melted butter and mix well.
7) Now add lemon juice and again mix well with cake batter.
8) Now grease 6 inch round cake pan with butter and pour the batter in pan.
9) Bake the cake for 30- 35 mins or until done.
10) After 30 – 35 take tooth pick test, if tooth come out clean then cake is done.
11) Take out the cake from oven and let it cool down completely.
12) After cool down carefully layer the cake from middle and set aside.
Directions for Baklava:-
1) Preheat oven at 350 degree F.
2) Take 8 sheets of phyllo and cut it in 6 inch round circle.
3) Grease the 10 inch baking pan and place one sheet in the pan.
4) Grease the sheet with melted butter. Repeat the same step for four sheets.
5) Now place chopped nuts on 4 sheets and again stack the rest of 4 phyllo sheets on top the nuts.
6) Don’t forget to grease every phyllo sheets with butter.
7) Now take another pan and repeat the same step and stack one more layer of baklava with 8 sheets.
8) Now bake both the baklava layer in the oven for 20 mins or until golden brown in color.
Direction for sugar syrup:-
1) In deep bottom pan add sugar,honey and water and let it cook for 10 mins
2) When mixture starts boiling add lemon juice and stir continuously for 3-4 mins
3) Now let the mixture cook on slow flame for 5-6 mins.
4) Switch off the flame and let the syrup cool down completely.
Assembling the cake:-
1) Place one cake layer and apply 2 tbsp sugar syrup on top of it.
2) Now place one stake of baklava on top of cake.
3) Apply sugar syrup on it.
4) Again place another layer of cake and apply sugar syrup on top of it.
5) Now arrange another stake of baklava on top of the cake. Again apply sugar syrup on Baklava.
6) Now garnishing the top with chopped nuts.
7) Enjoy this yummy cake.
My Notes:-
1) You can use your choice of nuts for baklava.
Baklava is very popular and mouthwatering Turkish dessert. Baklava is a layer of chopped nuts placed on multiple layers of phyllo pastry sheet dipped in sugar syrup. Today I am sharing delicious cake recipe with baklava. Basically I made cinnamon and nuts cake layered with baklava.
I made this cake on my wedding anniversary. Enjoy this delicious cake recipe.
For Cake:-
All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cups
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Cinnamon powder – ½ tsp
Salt – a pinch
Vanilla essence – few drops
Sugar – ¾ cup
Chopped nuts – ½ cup (I used pecans and walnuts)
Melted butter – ¼ cup+ greasing the pan
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Milk – ½ cup
For Baklava:-
Phyllo sheets – 16(store bought)
Chopped nuts (I used pistachios, almonds and cashews)
Melted butter – ¾ cup
For honey – sugar syrup:-
Sugar – ¾ cup
Water – ½ cup
Honey – ¼ cup
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Directions for Cake:-
1) Preheat the oven at 350 degree F.
2) In a mixing bowl sift all dry ingredients (first five) and mix well.Add nuts in dry ingredients and mix well.
3) In another mixing bowl add sugar and milk. Whisk it well until sugar completely dissolved.
4) Add vanilla essence and mix with mixture.
5) Now add sifted dry ingredients in sugar- milk mixture and mix well.
6) Add melted butter and mix well.
7) Now add lemon juice and again mix well with cake batter.
8) Now grease 6 inch round cake pan with butter and pour the batter in pan.
9) Bake the cake for 30- 35 mins or until done.
10) After 30 – 35 take tooth pick test, if tooth come out clean then cake is done.
11) Take out the cake from oven and let it cool down completely.
12) After cool down carefully layer the cake from middle and set aside.
Directions for Baklava:-
1) Preheat oven at 350 degree F.
2) Take 8 sheets of phyllo and cut it in 6 inch round circle.
3) Grease the 10 inch baking pan and place one sheet in the pan.
4) Grease the sheet with melted butter. Repeat the same step for four sheets.
5) Now place chopped nuts on 4 sheets and again stack the rest of 4 phyllo sheets on top the nuts.
6) Don’t forget to grease every phyllo sheets with butter.
7) Now take another pan and repeat the same step and stack one more layer of baklava with 8 sheets.
8) Now bake both the baklava layer in the oven for 20 mins or until golden brown in color.
Direction for sugar syrup:-
1) In deep bottom pan add sugar,honey and water and let it cook for 10 mins
2) When mixture starts boiling add lemon juice and stir continuously for 3-4 mins
3) Now let the mixture cook on slow flame for 5-6 mins.
4) Switch off the flame and let the syrup cool down completely.
Assembling the cake:-
1) Place one cake layer and apply 2 tbsp sugar syrup on top of it.
2) Now place one stake of baklava on top of cake.
3) Apply sugar syrup on it.
4) Again place another layer of cake and apply sugar syrup on top of it.
5) Now arrange another stake of baklava on top of the cake. Again apply sugar syrup on Baklava.
6) Now garnishing the top with chopped nuts.
7) Enjoy this yummy cake.
My Notes:-
1) You can use your choice of nuts for baklava.
