Vasilopita like a cake - It was delicious !!!!! Easy to make and a crowd pleaser !!!. Today I am sharing this Vasilopita like a cake! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 20 minutes! 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 It is very important to mix the butter and sugar thoroughly until the butter is really fluffy and creamy, like whipped cream, and the sugar has dissolved. 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 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, or Greek New Year's Bread, is a sweet yeasted egg bread scented with orange and traditionally Growing up, I can't remember a New Year's day that didn't involve Vasilopita.
Last year I made a "cake" version with self raising flour.
The guests liked it but it was not anything like a.
You can cook Vasilopita like a cake with 10 Ingredients and 5 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Vasilopita like a cake:
- 1 cup margarine.
- 2 1/2 cup sugar.
- 9 eggs.
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda.
- 2 tbsp brandy.
- 2 tbsp orange juice.
- 1 tbsp orange zest.
- 1 cup yoghurt.
- 6 cups flour.
- 1 baking powder.
Much like a King's Cake or Galette des Rois, a coin is hidden inside this cake and the person who finds the coin is said to be granted luck for the entire year! I think this Vasilopita cake is traditionally eaten at midnight on New Year's Eve, but I couldn't wait another year before. 'Vasilopita' is traditionally part of the new year's celebrations. The name is derived from st. basil, the patron saint of wishes and blessings. Ring in the new year like the Greeks with this simple and delicious recipe for Vasilopita and learn the tradition of cutting it.
Step by step how to cook Vasilopita like a cake:
- Cream the margarine with the sugar then add the eggs one by one, adding one tbsp of flour after each egg..
- Dissolve the baking soda in the brandy and add it to the mixture..
- Lower the speed of the mixer, add the juice and the orange zest..
- Add little by little, alternating, the flour and the yogurt..
- 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..
Of all the Vasilopita recipes, this one is the best for making at home because the texture is lovely (like a granular pound cake) and it lends itself to decoration, which is fun for kids. A vasilopita is a traditional Greek cake or bread prepared and enjoyed to celebrate the New Year. You can decorate the vasilopita anyway you like but it is customary to dust the cake with icing sugar and chopped or flaked almonds. While my mother never baked a traditional vasilopita, nor ever baked the coins directly into the cake, she would, true to custom, hide a variety of coins into a finished cake—whatever cake she felt like making that year. Greek Νew Year's cake - Vasilopita by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis.