Filled Yogurt Cake With Lemon Ouzo Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Filling
1/4 cup pitted dates, chopped
1/4 cup strawberry, chopped into bits
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Cake
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
4 large eggs, separated
1 cup Greek yogurt (plain yogurt is fine too)
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Syrup
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup ouzo
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon zest, grated finely

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Grease and flour a 10 inch springform pan.
Combine all ingredients for the filling and set aside.
For the cake, combine your butter and sugar in a bowl with your mixer until thick and creamy.
Beat in the egg yolks one at a time.
Next mix in your yogurt and zest.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, then sift the flour mixture into the yogurt mixture and beat well.
In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Whisk half of your whites into the batter, and then fold in the other half.
Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared springform pan making sure the batter is completely flat and even.
Next sprinkle the filling evenly over the batter.
Then pour the remaining batter over the filling.
Bake your cake in your preheated oven for approximately 45 minutes until it starts to pull away from the pan.
When it is done, take the cake out and the pan on a wire rack to cool.
To prepare the sauce, place all ingredients in a saucepan.
Turn burner to high heat and bring mixture to a boil.
Once it comes to a boil, reduce your heat and simmer until it has become thicker, approximately 10 minutes.
Allow mixture to cool.
When the pan is enough to handle, invert the cake pan over a plate larger than the pan (use whatever plate you wish to display the cake on), and open your springform pan to unmold the cake.
If it doesn't come right out, you can use a knife or something to go along the edges to release the cake.
With a spoon, drizzle about a third of your syrup evenly over the cake and allow it to soak in for approximately 10 minutes or so.
Repeat by spooning the next third of the syrup over evenly, and sit another 10 minutes.
Finally, spoon the last third over the cake evenly, cover and allow the cake to sit for at least 1 hour before serving.