Vasilopita. The Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's Bread. It is made in honor of a beautiful act of charity by St. Basil to the poor and needy of his flock.
You can cook Vasilopita using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Vasilopita
- It’s 250 g of spreadable butter or clarified butter.
- You need 8 of eggs.
- You need 900 g of flour.
- You need 100 g of brandy.
- It’s 500 g of sugar.
- Prepare of the juice of 6-7 oranges.
- You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
- It’s 1 tsp of orange zest.
- Prepare 2 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s of icing sugar.
Combine the baking powder and milk, add to the egg mixture, mix well. Vasilopita, or Greek New Year's Bread, is a sweet yeasted egg bread scented with orange and traditionally served on New Year's day. A coin is hidden inside and whoever gets it has good luck for the year. 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 step by step
Place the butter in a bowl and whisk vigorously until it gets creamy white..
Place the egg yolks in another bowl with the sugar and beat until they become fluffy, follow by adding the mixture to the butter and mix, then add the brandy..
Place the juice and the baking soda in a large bolw and mix, when it foams add the juice to the bowl with the butter..
Beat the egg whites in a clean bowl until they form stiff peaks and then add them to the butter. Mix well and then add the orange zest and the baking powder. Add the flour gradually until you have a soft thick batter..
Pour it into a round baking tray that you have brushed with butter and bake at 200°C for 50-60 minutes (make sure that it is ready by piercing it with a clean dry knife at the center. The knife has to come out clean)..
Remove, let it cool lightly and take it out of the baking tray..
Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve..
Greek New Year's Cake - Vasilopita Greek New Year's Cake Did you know that instead of Santa Claus in Greece we have Saint Basil? It's the same guy with the red uniform and long white beard who brings the Christmas gifts and climbs down the chimney. Vasilopita is a cake with a lucky coin inside traditionally consumed on New Year's Eve in Greece Here's a traditional recipe to make the favorite New Year's Greek cake aka Vasilopita. In a small bowl combine the baking powder and milk, add to the cake batter and mix well. Finally combine the lemon juice and baking soda in a small bowl, add to the cake batter and mix well.
