Tishpishti - Aunt Betty Levine

prep time:: 15 mins
cook time:: 45 minutes
total time:: 1 hour

Serves: 12

Marilyn Landau

ingredients

Tishpisti - Aunt Betty’s

6 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup oil
2 cups matzo meal
1 medium orange
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup ground walnuts

Syrup

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 lemon
1 medium orange

directions

Tishpishti

Mix eggs, sugar and oil thoroughly. Add juice and rind of orange. Add matzo meal and chopped nuts. Mix until mixture is moist and pour into well greased 9“x9” pan. Cut across with straight lines then cut diagonal at length into diamond shapes. Place 1/2 walnut on the top of each section. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes in preheated oven. Cool 5-7 minutes. Slowly pour syrup all over the top of cake. Cover with a towel and let stand.

Syrup

Mix syrup ingredients and cook over low heat until slightly thick. Cool.

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Per Serving: 458 Calories; 20g Fat (39.1% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 64g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 106mg Cholesterol; 158mg Sodium