New Year Vasilopita Greek Good Luck Cake, rich with crushed almonds, yogurt and mastic Greek flavoring, is also loved as the lucky New Year cake!
Course Cake
Cuisine Greek
Keyword New Year Vasilopita Greek Good Luck Cake
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 10servings
Equipment
bundt pan
coins optional
edible gold or cake sprinkles optional
Ingredients
Vasilopita Recipe
1cupButtersoft
1 1/2cupsSugar
7Eggsseparated
1tspMasticcrushed
2tspVanilla extract
3cupsAll purpose flour
3tspBaking powder
1cupGreek yogurt
1cupAlmond meal
1/2tspsalt
Sugar Glaze Topping
2cupsPowdered sugar, icing sugar
2-3tspMastic liqueur of Ouzoas needed
Instructions
Set the oven to 350. In a large bowl with a stand mixer and whisk attachment, whip the egg whites until light and airy. Transfer to a separate bowl.
In a large bowl with the stand mixer cream butter with sugar for 10-minutes. Add egg yolks, mastic and vanilla extract to the butter mixture. Sift the flour into the egg mixture along with the remaining dry ingredients. Blend until the wet ingredients is blended with the flour mixture. On low speed whisk in the yogurt, followed by the whipped egg whites.
Transfer to the prepared cake pan and place the coin into the cake batter. Place in the preheated oven. Bake for 45-minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Cool completely and remove from the pan onto a wire rack.
Sugar Glaze
Whisk the powdered sugar and enough Ouzo to form a smooth a thick creamy sugar glaze. Either drizzle the sugar mixture across the cake or if the glaze is thick enough it can be piped decoratively onto the top of the cake. Sprinkle particles of edible gold or cake sprinkles over the glaze before it dries. Remember the fun part, in that the member of the family to receive the first piece of cake with the hidden coin also receives good luck for the entire new year!