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Vasilopita (Greek New Year Bread)
Vasilopita (Greek New Year Bread) is a traditional Greek recipe for a classic sweet New Year quickbread flavoured with oranges and cognac. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Greek version of: Greek New Year Bread (Vasilopita).
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
70 minutes
Total Time:
90 minutes
Serves:
6
Rating: 
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Here is a classic Christmas biscuit (cookie), ideal for getting kids involved in making it and is a great Christmas treat for the children in an of itself.
Ingredients:
250g butter, softened
8 eggs, separated
1kg plain flour
8 tbsp cognac
500g granulated sugar
juice of 6 oranges
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp freshly-grated orange zest
2 tbsp baking powder
icing sugar, for dusting
Method:
Place the butter in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy.
Combine the egg yolks and sugar in another bowl and beat with a whisk until pale and creamy. Add the creamed butter and stir well to combine.
Dissolve the baking soda in the orange juice and add to the egg mixture along with the orange zest.
Add the egg whites to a clean and dry bowl and beat until they stand in stiff peaks.
Dissolve the baking powder in half the cognac and add to the egg mixture. After this work in half the flour then fold in half the beaten egg whites.
Mix well then add the remaining cognac and the remaining flour. Finally fold in the remaining egg whites.
Turn the batter into a 30cm diameter baking tin. Transfer to an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for about 60 minutes, or until the top is nicely browned and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake emerges cleanly.
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then carefully turn out onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
Dust the top with icing sugar before serving. If desired, you can sprinkle the icing sugar over a template of the number of the following year (2014, for example).
In Greece it is traditional to wrap a coin in foil and to place it in the bottom of the cake. Whoever gets the coin is believed to be lucky for the forthcoming year. If doing this, be sure to offset the coin from the centre of the cake to make certain hat someone receives it in their slice.
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