Vasilopita Recipe - Greek New Years Cake

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor while reducing saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey offers a natural sweetness with additional nutrients.

eggs

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: egg substitute

Flaxseed meal is a vegan alternative that binds ingredients.

almond slices

🥗Healthier: walnut pieces

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats while being more affordable.

Grease and line a 10-inch cake pan and set it aside.

In a separate bowl, combine the all-purpose flour and baking powder and stir well to combine.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the butter and sugar and cream until pale and fluffy, scraping down the bowl as needed.

Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition, and scrape down the bowl again.

Add the vanilla extract and freshly squeezed orange juice, followed by a generous amount of orange zest (about the zest of three oranges).

Add brandy to the mixture.

Mix until combined, noting that the mixture may look curdled.

Gradually add the flour mixture in two to three batches, mixing well after each addition until smooth.

Fold in the coin wrapped in aluminum foil.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin, shake to level, and smooth the top with a spatula.

Bake in the oven for one hour.

Allow to cool in the tin for two to three hours before decorating with powdered sugar or icing sugar.

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