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Fanouropita
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Fanouropita is a sweet cake recipe from Greek cuisine and is traditionally a Lenten cake, also called "lost and found cake." It is traditionally served on St. Fanourios' feast day on August 27, given to Greek Orthodox believers as a blessing.
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Type | Cake |
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Place of origin | Greece, Cyprus |
Cooking time | 60 minutes |
Main ingredients | flour |
Similar dishes | vasilopita |
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Fanouropita is oil-based and does not contain any butter or eggs so that it can be eaten on holy fasting days. Believers offer the cake expecting "revelations" on objects or people, or to find something they are looking for.