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Vasilopita - St Basils Cake
New Year Cake
Vasilopita is eaten on the feast day of St Basil (Ayios Vasilis) which falls on the 1 January - New Years Day. In the morning the cake is cut and the one who finds the coin will be lucky all year. The following recipe is one of our favorites.
Ingredients
6 cups of plain flour
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons brandy
1/2 cup of melted butter
3 teaspoons baking powder
Juice and grated rind of an orange or lemon
Icing sugar to decorate
Coin covered in foil
Method
- Separate eggs and whisk egg whites till stiff
- Beat egg yolks then cream the sugar and butter together and beat in the egg yolks
- Mix brandy with orange / lemon juice and grated rind and slowly add the flour and egg whites and lastly the covered coin
- Place in a greased, lined baking tin and bake at Gas 5 / 190 / 375 for 1 1/2 hours
- Leave to cool and sprinkle with icing sugar when serving (you can trace the year number in the icing sugar)
Kala Christougena (pronounced - Gala Christoyena)
Happy Christmas!
Xronia Polla - Happy New Year
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