Medium
New Year's Eve
Vasilopita
Greek New Year's cake with a hidden coin - whoever finds it receives special blessings for the year ahead.
85
Total Minutes
12
Servings
Vegetarian
Cooking Times
25 min
Prep Time
60 min
Cook Time
85 min
Total Time
Ingredients (12 items)
4.00 cups
All-purpose flour
1.50 cups
Sugar
1.00 cup
Butter
softened
6.00
Eggs
room temperature
1.00 cup
Whole milk
2.00 tbsp
Orange zest
2.00 tsp
Vanilla extract
2.00 tsp
Baking powder
0.50 tsp
Salt
1.00
Wrapped coin
wrapped in foil
0.25 cup
Powdered sugar
for dusting
0.50 cup
Sliced almonds
for decoration
Instructions (10 steps)
1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10-inch round pan.
2
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
5 minutes
3
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
4
Mix in orange zest and vanilla.
5
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in separate bowl.
6
Alternate adding flour mixture and milk to batter.
7
Pour half the batter in pan, place wrapped coin, cover with rest.
8
Decorate top with almonds forming year number.
9
Bake 50-60 minutes until golden and toothpick comes clean.
55 minutes
10
Cool, dust with powdered sugar. Cut at midnight!