Dessert
Vasilopita with Almonds
- Total timeTotal
- 1 hr 15′
- ServingsServings
- 10-12
This vasilopita with almonds is our family recipe, which I recently found in an old notebook of handwritten notes.
This vasilopita with almonds is our family recipe, which I recently found in an old notebook of handwritten notes.
The crunchy crust of sugared almonds and the fluffy, orange-scented cake brought back memories straight away.
Make it this year, and you'll thank me!
The recipe
Vasilopita with Almonds Recipe
Total time 1 hr 15′ · 10-12 servings
Ingredients
For the vasilopita
For the almond crust
Method
- Take the butter and eggs out of the fridge 1 hour ahead: they need to be at room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 175°C, fan.
- Crack the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks into 2 bowls.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the softened butter with the sugar until pale.
- Keep beating and add the egg yolks one at a time.
- Sift the flour and salt into the mixer bowl.
- Add the milk, the brandy and the vanilla, the orange juice and zest, and mix lightly.
- In a clean bowl, whip the egg whites to a stiff meringue.
- Add the meringue to the vasilopita batter and fold it in gently, in circular movements, with a silicone spatula.
- Butter a 28 cm springform pan, dust it with flour and tap out the excess.
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake on the middle rack for about 50 minutes.
- Insert a knife into the center: if it comes out dry, the vasilopita is ready; if not, bake for another 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the almond crust.
- Melt the butter and mix it in a bowl with the sliced almonds, sugar and flour.
- Spread the almond mixture over the vasilopita and bake for about another 5 minutes, until golden on top.
- Take the vasilopita with almonds out of the oven and let it cool completely before you unmold and cut it.
- If you don’t have a springform pan, let the vasilopita cool a little, unmold it onto a large flat baking tray, then add the almond topping and bake.
- Dust with a little powdered sugar before serving.
- TipFor the lucky coin, wrap a coin in foil and push it into the vasilopita from underneath, once it has cooled and been unmolded.
