VASELOPITA

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Traditional Greek New Year's Day recipe. Served as a coffee cake for breakfast. Each person in the family gets a slice starting with the youngest and progressing to the oldest. The person who receives the slice with the quarter in it will have good luck for the whole year!

Provided by Paul Menikos

Time 1h10m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk, lukewarm
½ teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons lemon juice
⅓ cup slivered almonds
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoons powdered sugar, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a round 10-inch cake pan.
In a medium bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light; add flour and stir until mixture is mealy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg.
Stir baking powder into milk then stir into flour mixture. Mix soda and lemon juice; stir into batter. Pour batter into the greased pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with nuts and 1 tablespoon white sugar, then return to oven for 20 to 30 minutes longer, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove cake from the oven and gently cut a small hole in the middle. Place a quarter in the hole; cover the hole with powdered sugar. Cool cake on a rack for about 10 minutes. Invert cake onto a serving dish. Sift powdered over the top and serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 543.5 calories, Carbohydrate 74.1 g, Cholesterol 162.4 mg, Fat 24.1 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 9.4 g, SaturatedFat 13.1 g, Sodium 345.3 mg, Sugar 44.4 g