Kadaif Turkish Original Recipe Kadaif is originally from Arabia. The word kadaif means velvety and soft, which is exactly what this cake is. Turks adopted this delicacy as a traditional cake, and it is always prepared before Bayram. Follow recipe. Ingredients: cup 200 ml, round baking mold 38 cm., simple, total time: 60 min. 400 g of kadaif 150 g of room temperature butter/ diced 250 g of chopped walnuts Syrup: 4 glasses of water/ 200 ml glasses 3.5 cups of fine sugar 2 bags