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Greek Lucky New Year's Cake (Vasilopita)
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Greek Lucky New Year’s Cake (Vasilopita)

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· 55min · 12 servings
Vasilopita is a Greek New Year cake, and an unmissable tradition! Cooked up throughout Greece, the texture is sometimes more bready, almost like my recipe for Tsoureki Easter bread. On Rhodes however, where I am from, the Vasilopita traditionally has a moist and cake-like crumb, as in this recipe, for a Vasilopita with hazelnuts. Greek Vasilopita cake hides a secret, however; this isn’t just cake! Much like a traditional Christmas pudding in the UK, it is customary in Greece to hide a…
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Ingredients

Produce
• 1/2 Lemon, zest of
• 1/2 Orange, zest of
Refrigerated
• 4 Eggs
Baking & Spices
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1 Icing sugar
• 420 g Self raising flour
• 270 g Sugar
• 1/2 tbsp Vanilla extract
Nuts & Seeds
• 120 g Hazelnuts
Dairy
• 250 g Butter, unsalted
• 200 g Greek yoghurt
Beer, Wine & Liquor
• 25 ml Brandy
Other
• 1 Lucky coin

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