Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake. 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 of the year! Traditional Greek New Years Day bread. Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake

You can cook Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vasilopita the traditional New Year’s Eve Greek Cake
  1. It’s 4 cups of shifted All Purpose Flour.
  2. It’s 2 cups of Sugar.
  3. Prepare 6 teaspoons of Baking Powder.
  4. You need 6 of Eggs.
  5. It’s 250 grams of Butter.
  6. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of Milk.
  7. Prepare 2 of Vanilla powders or 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract.
  8. Prepare 25 grams of Cognac 🙂 (optional).
  9. You need 125 grams of Almonds cut in half.
  10. Prepare of Sugar Powder for Topping.

Every household bakes (or now in many cases buys) a Vasilopita, the New Year's cake named after St Basil. On New Year's Day the cake is cut into slices for everyone in the household and family. Greek New Year's Cake - Vasilopita A traditional Greek cake, flavored with orange and brandy, served on New Year's day with a hidden coin inside. A coin is hidden within the cake; the person who finds it is granted good luck for the year.

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

  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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Vasilopita is considered the Greek New Year's cake. On New Year's Day families cut the Vasilopita to bless the house and bring good luck for the new year. It is traditional to bake a coin into the Vasilopita (St. Greece has a lovely tradition of baking a special cake for the New Year, to start things off right! Those who follow the tradition strictly hide a golden lira coin in the bottom of the cake but any coin will do.