Vasilopita like a cake. 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. Vasilopita like a cake

You can cook Vasilopita like a cake using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vasilopita like a cake
  1. You need 1 cup of margarine.
  2. You need 2 1/2 cup of sugar.
  3. It’s 9 of eggs.
  4. It’s 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
  5. Prepare 2 tbsp of brandy.
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp of orange juice.
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp of orange zest.
  8. You need 1 cup of yoghurt.
  9. It’s 6 cups of flour.
  10. It’s 1 of baking powder.

Vasilopita is a traditional Greek cake or bread served at midnight on New Year's Eve to celebrate the life of Saint Basil. After baking the vasilopita 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! Vasilopita is a delicious cake prepared at New Year's Eve in every Greek home to celebrate the arrival of the New Year! This rich cake is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and is infused with orange juice and cognac.

Vasilopita like a cake instructions

  1. Cream the margarine with the sugar then add the eggs one by one, adding one tbsp of flour after each egg..

  2. Dissolve the baking soda in the brandy and add it to the mixture..

  3. Lower the speed of the mixer, add the juice and the orange zest..

  4. Add little by little, alternating, the flour and the yogurt..

  5. Empty into a butter baking tray coated with flour of 35 cm in size and bake in a preheated oven at 160-170°C for about 1 hour, you decide. It might take a bit longer or a bit less..

The Greek Custom of New Year's Cake. Vasilopita is a New Year's bread or cake and every family usually have their own recipe. Vasilopita is a moist cake made with ingredients everyone has at home: sugar, flour, eggs, milk and orange. There is another more bread-like version made with yeast, which is a bit, more time consuming, but in our family we make and like the cake version. Vasilopita is a New Year's Day cake in Greece, eastern Europe and the Balkans.