Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, vasilopita the traditional new year’s eve greek cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

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 begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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. Get 4 cups shifted All Purpose Flour
2. Make ready 2 cups Sugar
3. Get 6 teaspoons Baking Powder
4. Prepare 6 Eggs
5. Take 250 grams Butter
6. Get 1 1/2 cups Milk
7. Make ready 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

Continue to beat and add in the almonds and cognac. 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.

Steps 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!!! 🙂
7. I would like to thank you all very much for your support these past few months..I never actually thought that anyone would be interested in what I would be posting besides my family. I have made so many blogger friends from all over the world all with their own beautiful blogs…from writers, to poets, artists, design, to foodbloggers, so many many many more I can go on and on.
8. Thank you so very much as I am so touched and grateful 🙂 and with this I would like to wish everyone and your families and very Happy and Healthy New Year, may all your wishes for you and your family members come true. - - Happy New Year Everyone - - Huge hugs, - - Sophie - - - - Kali Xronia kai me Ygeia se Olous!!!! - - See You Next Year!!!!

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. Vasilopita is the cake we make to cut on the night of New Year's Eve dedicated to St Basil. Yet another popular tradition, just like baking melomakarona for Christmas. Everyone present on New Year's Eve gathers around to witness the cutting of the cake.

So that’s going to wrap it up for this exceptional food vasilopita the traditional new year’s eve greek cake recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!