Vaselopita - Greek New Years Cake

If you want to add more Mediterranean recipes to your repertoire, Vaselopita - Greek New Years Cake might be a recipe you should try. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 378 calories, 9g of protein, and 24g of fat per serving. For 49 cents per serving, you get a side dish that serves 10. It is brought to you by Allrecipes. This recipe is liked by 331 foodies and cooks. A mixture of eggs, butter, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 42%, this dish is good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as New Years Almond Pound Cake (Good Luck Cake), Thirty Years of Love + A Dark Chocolate Cake, and Ten Years: Chai Banana Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream.

Servings: 10

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 60 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds

1 cup butter

6 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

2 tablespoons white sugar

Equipment:

cake form

bowl

oven

Cooking instruction summary:

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!Kitchen-Friendly View

 

Step by step:


1. 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.

2. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

3. 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.

4. Pour into the prepared cake pan.

5. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven.

6. 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.


Nutrition Information:

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378k Calories
8g Protein
23g Total Fat
33g Carbs
3% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
378k
19%

Fat
23g
36%

  Saturated Fat
13g
82%

Carbohydrates
33g
11%

  Sugar
4g
4%

Cholesterol
149mg
50%

Sodium
266mg
12%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
8g
17%

Selenium
22µg
32%

Vitamin B2
0.37mg
22%

Vitamin B1
0.32mg
22%

Folate
84µg
21%

Phosphorus
186mg
19%

Manganese
0.32mg
16%

Vitamin A
749IU
15%

Iron
2mg
13%

Vitamin B3
2mg
12%

Vitamin E
1mg
10%

Calcium
94mg
9%

Vitamin D
1µg
8%

Vitamin B5
0.7mg
7%

Vitamin B12
0.38µg
6%

Potassium
214mg
6%

Magnesium
21mg
5%

Copper
0.11mg
5%

Zinc
0.8mg
5%

Fiber
1g
5%

Vitamin B6
0.07mg
4%

Vitamin K
1µg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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