Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake
Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake

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A delicious vasilopita recipe (Greek New Years cake) infused with the aromas of oranges and garnished with a thick and glossy vanilla glaze! Vasilopita is a traditional Greek cake served at midnight on New Year's Eve to celebrate the life of Saint Basil. After baking the cake, a coin is inserted through the base and when cut the person who finds the coin is said to be granted luck for the rest.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vasilopita the traditional new year’s eve greek cake using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake:
  1. Make ready 4 cups shifted All Purpose Flour
  2. Make ready 2 cups Sugar
  3. Get 6 teaspoons Baking Powder
  4. Get 6 Eggs
  5. Get 250 grams Butter
  6. Prepare 1 1/2 cups Milk
  7. Take 2 Vanilla powders or 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
  8. Take 25 grams Cognac 🙂 (optional)
  9. Make ready 125 grams Almonds cut in half
  10. Get Sugar Powder for Topping

Vasilopita is the traditional Greek New Year's cake served at midnight on New Year's Eve. This cake is infused with the aromas of orange, butter, and mastic! After baking the vasilopita, a coin is inserted through the base and when served in slices, the person who finds the coin is said to be granted luck for the rest of the year. We cut one piece for Saint Mary, one for Jesus, one for the house, one for the land, and then cut a piece for each family member.

Instructions to make Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake:
  1. In a large bowl add in the shifted flour, sugar and baking powder.
  2. Add in the room temperature butter and Vanilla.
  3. Beat ingredients and slowly start to add in the eggs, and milk.
  4. Continue to beat and add in the almonds and cognac.
  5. In a buttered baking pan add 1 teaspoon of flour to cover the bottom and sides of the pan.
  6. Pre heat oven at 180 degrees…and pour batter into baking pan and bake for 50 minutes and until golden brown. Top with Sugar Powder and INDULGE!!! 🙂
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Gently cut a small hole in the cake and place a quarter in the hole. Try to cover the hole with sugar. A vasilopita is a traditional Greek cake or bread prepared and enjoyed to celebrate the New Year. Hidden inside the cake is a gold coin wrapped in foil and the family member who is fortunate. In every Greek home and within each family a tradition is celebrated during New Years Eve, just after midnight.

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