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Recipe Vaselopita - Greek New Years Cake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Generously grease a 10 inch round cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light.
- Stir in the flour and mix until the mixture is mealy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Combine the baking powder and milk, add to the egg mixture, mix well.
- Then combine the lemon juice and baking soda, stir into the batter.
- Pour into the prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove and sprinkle the nuts and sugar over the cake, then return it to the oven for 20 to 30 additional minutes, until cake springs back to the touch.
- Gently cut a small hole in the cake and place a quarter in the hole.
- Try to cover the hole with sugar.
- Cool cake on a rack for 10 minutes before inverting onto a plate.
- Serve cake warm.
- Each person in the family gets a slice starting with the youngest.
- The person who gets the quarter in their piece, gets good luck for the whole year!
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