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Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake

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

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In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light. Stir in the flour and mix until the mixture is mealy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Combine the baking powder and milk, add to the egg mixture, mix well.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first 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 it.

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

Beat ingredients and slowly start to add in the eggs, and milk. Continue to beat and add in the almonds and cognac. 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.

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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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. 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!

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