Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, vasilopita the traditional new year’s eve greek cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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

The ingredients needed to make Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake:

1. Take 4 cups shifted All Purpose Flour
2. Get 2 cups Sugar
3. Take 6 teaspoons Baking Powder
4. Make ready 6 Eggs
5. Prepare 250 grams Butter
6. Make ready 1 1/2 cups Milk
7. Get 2 Vanilla powders or 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
8. Get 25 grams Cognac 🙂 (optional)
9. Take 125 grams Almonds cut in half
10. Take 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.

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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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.

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