Vasilopita 2020
 
 
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Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Dessert
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
  • 250 gr. / 9 oz. Butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Zest from 1 orange
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • 5 tbsp cognac or any sweet liqueur
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 2 ½ self-rising flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup chocolate confetti
  • ½ cup thickly ground almond
  • Confectioner’s sugar for topping
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
  1. Preheat oven to 170°C/ 340°F.
  2. In your stand mixer mix the butter and sugar until fluffy.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time trying to incorporate after each egg.
  4. Add the vanilla, zest, cinnamon, nutmeg and the liqueur.
  5. In another bowl mix the flour with the baking powder.
  6. Lower the speed of the mixer to low and start adding flour and milk alternately starting with flour and finishing with it.
  7. Add the almonds and confetti and incorporate them with a spatula.
  8. Butter and flour a round pan with 32 cm / 12 in. diameter and pour the batter.
  9. Bake for about half hour or until the toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Remove, let cool and dust with confectioner’s sugar.
Notes/ Σημειώσεις
Recipe freely adapted from Argiro Barbarigou
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/vasilopita-2020/