Long Beach Grecian Festival by the Sea Cookbook

Ouzo Cake   My cousin, Nickie, loves this cake so much he asks his wife, Marcie, to make it for him every birthday. Recipe Prep time:   10 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour Makes 12 pieces Pre-heat oven to 325 0 Ingredients 1 cup walnuts, chopped 1 15.25-ounce box of lemon cake mix with instant lemon pudding 4 eggs ¾ cup water ¼ cup Ouzo ½ cup cooking oil 10-inch tube pan Directions Ouzo cake Grease and flour pan.   Sprinkle the walnuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.   Combine the cake mix, eggs, water, oil and Ouzo.   Beat for 3 minutes.   Pour the batter over the nuts in the tube pan.   Bake for 1 hour.   Place rack to cool for 30 minutes.   Invert onto a serving plate.   Prick with a skewer or meat fork all the way to bottom of the cake.   Pour the cake with honey syrup (see recipe below) into the holes.   Let stand at least ½ hour and serve.   Honey Syrup 1 cup syrup 1 cup water ...

Ouzo anise seed biscotti (paximathia)     This is a wonderful Greek version of biscotti with Ouzo and anise seed.  If you don't have bourbon, you can substitute 2 teaspoons vanilla and 2 tablespoons water.      Paximathia are especially good when dipped in red wine or coffee. Prep time:  20 minutes Cooking time: 35 minutes Makes:  9 dozen Pre-heat oven to 375 0 Ingredients 2 cups sugar ½-pound butter, melted 4 tablespoons anise seeds ¼ cup Ouzo 3 tablespoons bourbon 2 cups walnuts or almonds, coarsely chopped 6 eggs 5 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder Rimless baking sheet Directions Mix sugar with butter, anise seed, Ouzo, and nuts.  Measure flour and sift with baking powder into sugar mixture; blend thoroughly.  Cover with plastic wrap and chill dough for 30 minutes.  On a lightly floured board, shape dough with your hands to form flat loaves that are about ½ inch thick and 2 i...