Enjoy this buttery, soft, traditional Greek cake called vasilopita and bring in the new year with a bang! This cake also comes with a hidden coin inside! If you find the lucky coin - congratulations! You'll have good luck for the rest of the year!
Full recipe here: [ Ссылка ]
RECIPE STEPS
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Grease and line your baking pan.
00:45 Cream the butter and sugar.
01:03 Add the eggs one by one.
01:26 Add the remaining ingredients.
02:01 Add the four and mix.
02:16 Add the coin.
02:35 Bake the vasilopita.
02:46 Dust the vasilopita with powdered sugar.

What is Vasilopita?
Vasilopita is a traditional Greek New Years cake served midnight on new year's eve to welcome the following year.
It's steeped in tradition and honours the life of Saint Basil. The cake is named after him - "Vasili" is Basil in Greek, and "pita" can refer to cake, pie or bread.
It has a "lucky coin" inserted into the batter, and whoever receives the piece with the coin is said to have good luck for the following year.
In certain regions in Greece, vasilopita is also prepared as a brioche-like bread (this bread version is similar to my tsoureki).
It's pronounced "va-see-lo-pee-tah".

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