Name: Greek New Year’s cake – Vasilopita
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 4 medium size eggs; 300 grams granulated sugar; 75 grams orange juice; 75 grams milk; 1 tablespoon of cognac; 1-2 gram vanilla powder; 150 grams phytin; 375 grams self-rising flour; 1 pinch of sea salt; powdered sugar to sprinkle

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In a non-stick, 24 cm, round cake tin, which you should grease first, line the bottom of the cake tin with a cut parchment paper and afterwards grease again.
Melt the phytin at low temperature.
In a bowl add eggs, milk, orange juice, cognac, sugar, vanilla powder and beat very well, using a whisk.
Next, add the salt and the flour, keep beating with the whisk and then start beating using a spatula, in order to have a fine and homogenous mixture.
Add the mixture in the cake tin and pound it on your working bench, so there won’t be kept any trapped air.
Bake in a preheated oven, at 175℃, set on fan, for 40-42 minutes at the middle spot of your oven.
Remove the cake from the oven and after 5-10 minutes, remove the cake carefully from the tin and place it on a rack to cool it down. You must also remove the parchment paper.
When it has completely cooled down, wrap the florin or a coin with aluminum foil and place it in the bottom side of the cake.
Finally, sprinkle with a lot of powdered sugar.

Greek New Year’s cake – Vasilopita

Greek New Year’s cake – Vasilopita

Greek New Year’s cake – Vasilopita

Ingredients

Instructions

In a non-stick, 24 cm, round cake tin, which you should grease first, line the bottom of the cake tin with a cut parchment paper and afterwards grease again.

Melt the phytin at low temperature.

In a bowl add eggs, milk, orange juice, cognac, sugar, vanilla powder and beat very well, using a whisk.

Next, add the salt and the flour, keep beating with the whisk and then start beating using a spatula, in order to have a fine and homogenous mixture.

Add the mixture in the cake tin and pound it on your working bench, so there won’t be kept any trapped air.

Bake in a preheated oven, at 175℃, set on fan, for 40-42 minutes at the middle spot of your oven.

Remove the cake from the oven and after 5-10 minutes, remove the cake carefully from the tin and place it on a rack to cool it down. You must also remove the parchment paper.

When it has completely cooled down, wrap the florin or a coin with aluminum foil and place it in the bottom side of the cake.

Finally, sprinkle with a lot of powdered sugar.

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