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My best wishes to all of you for a
Happy New Year!!
Vassilopita is our traditional New Year’s cake which is also made as Tsoureki, a Sweet Bread. This cake can easily be called an orange cake and it is similar to a pound cake, in which a coin is inserted for good luck.
There are many ways to make this cake, so you can learn all about the tradition behind the cake and another recipe in my last year’s post.
You will find a different recipe in my cookbook in print «Mint, Cinnamon & Blossom Water, Flavours of Cyprus, Kopiaste!» or in Volume 2 of my e-cookbook.
Tags: Cakes, Christmas, Festive, Traditional, Vassilopita
Very nice Vasilopita Ivy! Who found the coin? My wife found it in ours.
Καλή Χρονιά!!!
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
Happy New year Sis. It has been a pleasure to follow your blog for the past year, to get to know you and share so many delicious and tasty dishes. Eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos!!!!
A delightful cake! It looks really delicious!
Cheers,
Rosa
Your cake looks so good and I love the way you decorated it. With the orange juice and brandy, I’ll bet it was moist and tasty.
Wowww wat a gorgeous Cake!!!! Happy 2009 to u n ur family…
Great looking vasilopita. Ivy. Happy New Year to you and your family!
I loved the story of the coin! Were you the ‘lucky’ one this year? The bread looks delicious! Happy New Year!
Soft n moist! looks so tempting ivy! Gr8 baking again.
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Happy New Year to all of you. My husband was the lucky one this year.
This is exactly the type of cake I love – not loaded with creams and icings and even has money in it. Can it get any better
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Loving this cake Ivy. Happy New Year!
Ivy, again Xponia Polla and that’s a big Vassilopita! I prefer the pound cake version like yours here…it’s actually edible after the cutting of the cake.
Happy New Year, Ivy! What a great cake to ring in 2009! I like the powdered sugar year on top!
A beautiful recipe for vassilopita! I’m Greek-Cypriot-Canadian myself and I was really happy to find your site! Happy New Year!
Hi there,
I am Paras from Melbourne Australia, and just by chance I got onto your site.
I am a chef and it is great to see all the traditional recipes on line. It is up to our generation to keep the culture alive.
I have been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years, and Greek food is under estimated by many people, only recently it has come back in vogue..fashion
One question do you have a recipe for Halva Farsalo,(the baked one) I had a friend that made the topping with goats fat..(he passed away not sharing their fantastic recipe…what a waste of knowledge)
they usually make it up the Northern part of Greece. I am from the Pelloponiso we only make the semolina one on the stove.
I would be very grateful if you could email me a recipe.
Keep up the fantastic work.
Bravo sas!!
Paras
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