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Vasilopita New Years Day Cake
Celebrat the new year with a greek traditional new years day cake.
- Christiana B. published their project Gluten Free Vasilopita New Years Day Cake 13 Jul 09:00
You Will Need
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Step 1
Lightly grease a deep 28cm cake tin and line the base with baking parchment.
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Step 2
Melt the butter and add caster sugar. Whisk until light and fluffy.
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Step 3
Slowly add in one egg at a time and whisk.
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Step 4
Fold in the flour, the baking powder and the milk a little at a time ‘slowly slowly’. (My dads phrase)
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Step 5
Add in the lemon rind and lemon juice.
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Step 6
Add in all the chopped nuts and mix thoroughly.
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Step 7
Transfer mixture to baking tin (a rubber spatula is very handy)
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Step 8
Place the coin at the top, it usually will sink to the bottom (I have tried covering the coin in flour but alas it still sinks.)
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Step 9
Bake at 180° C for 30 mins then take out and sprinkle on nuts and sugar to cover the top of cake
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Step 10
Cover with tin foil and cook for another 30 mins.
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Step 11
Remove tin foil and let the cake bake for a further 5/10 mins until golden brown.
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Step 12
Check cake is baked through thoroughly with a cake tester