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VASILOPITA
(Saint Basil’s Bread/New
Year’s Cake)
INGREDIENTS
250 gr. soft
butter
8 eggs
900 gr. flour
80 gr. cognac
500 gr. sugar
Juice from 6-7
oranges
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp orange zest
1 tsp baking
powder
Powder sugar
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PREPARATION
In glass bowl whip
butter until light and fluffy. In another bowl whip egg yolks with sugar
until fluffy. Add to butter and stir. Add cognac.
In a bowl, mix
baking soda with orange juice and as soon as they froth add to the butter
bowl. Separately, whip the egg whites to a tight meringue and add slowly to
the butter mix. Add the orange zest and baking powder and stir well. Add the
flour very slowly while stirring continuously, until a soft thick paste is
formed.
Pour into a
buttered round pan and bake for 50-60 minutes at 200 degrees. (It is done
if, when you dip a knife into the center, the knife comes out dry).
Let it cool for a
while before taking out from pan. Dust liberally with powder-sugar and
serve.
P.S.
To make powder-sugar designs, dust the sugar through a lacey-like paper you
can get from any sweet shop.
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