Fluffy vasilopita with lemon glaze. This Lemon flavored Greek New Year's Cake -Vasilopita- made with olive oil instead of butter is light, fluffy and tasty. So here we have a recipe that has much less saturated fat than your typical vasilopita, a bit more protein due to the almond powder and eggs plus a nice lemony touch. Vasilopita is not only cut in families, businesses, clubs, associations and ministries all have vasilopites that they cut during the first few weeks of the year.
You can have Fluffy vasilopita with lemon glaze using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Fluffy vasilopita with lemon glaze
- Prepare 150 g of margarine.
- It’s 350 g of sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
- You need 6 of eggs.
- Prepare 350 ml of milk.
- It’s of brandy.
- Prepare of zest of one orange.
- It’s 500 g of flour.
- You need 2 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s 1 tsp of mahlab.
- You need 70 g of ground walnuts.
- Prepare of For the glaze.
- Prepare 500 g of icing sugar.
- You need of lemon juice.
These Cinnamon Rolls are soft, fluffy, cinnamony, buttery and crowned with a lavish amount of salted maple glaze. I fell in love when I tried these. The Vasilopita lucky cake has many different versions. The oldest one is a sweet bread, scented with various spices, like The most common one nowadays, is a spongy, fluffy cake, usually scented with orange or lemon zest.
Fluffy vasilopita with lemon glaze instructions
Cream the margarine and the sugar with the vanilla in a mixer at a strong speed..
Use another bowl to beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks..
Beat lightly using a fork, the milk, the egg yolks, the brandy and the orange zest in a third bowl and combine the mixture with that of the margarine - sugar - vanilla, using a low setting on your mixer..
Continue at a very low speed adding the stiff egg whites into the mixture and mix until you have a well incorporated batter..
Using a different bowl sift the flour and add the mahlab, the baking powder and the walnuts, then add this to the mixture little by little using a spoon, continuing to beat at a very low speed..
When the mixture is well combined, empty it into a baking tray of 26 cm or the round Tupperware cake mold..
Bake at 180°C for 50΄-60..
Prepare the glaze, which should be very thick by adding as much lemon to the icing sugar as it takes (about 1 lemon)..
When the vasilopita has cooled, pour the glaze over it and let it drip to cover it..
Decorate your cake using your imagination and your taste….
The topping may be flaked almonds, powdered sugar or a classic glaze. Vasilopita is a New Year's Day bread or cake in Greece and many other areas in eastern Europe and the Balkans which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver, like the Western European. Vasilopita is made differently depending in the region. Icing sugar and lemon buttercream for decoration After about five minutes the batter should be light in color and fluffy in texture. Add the eggs, one Very nice Vasilopita Ivy!
