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Vasilopita

Level of Difficulty:

Rated 3 out of 5

Portions
Served

10

Cooking
Time

00:30'

Method

  1. Beat the butter for 5 minutes in the mixer until fluffy.
  2. Add the icing sugar.
  3. Continue beating until homogenized.
  4. Add the granulated sugar, mahlab, mastic, nutmeg, vanilla and orange zest.
  5. Keep beating.
  6. Then add the milk and gradually one by one the eggs.
  7. Then add the baking powder with the flour gradually.
  8. Butter and flour a baking pan. Bake at 165 C about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

For the glaze

  1. In a saucepan, heat the heavy cream and break the white chocolate into small pieces.
  2. Pour in the chocolate pieces and mix with a spatula.
  3. Transfer the mixture to a dispenser.
  4. Beat the mixture with a hand blender and pour the butter into small pieces.

Ingredients

For the base

  • 300 g butter unsalted
  • 250 g icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 7 g mahlab
  • 2 g mastic liqueur or powder
  • 1/2 t.s. nutmeg
  • 2 tbsps flour
  • Zest of an orange
  • 1 t.s. vanilla powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 75 ml milk 3.5% fat
  • 400 g all – purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • Icing sugar for serving

White chocolate glaze

  • 200 g white chocolate broken into pieces
  • 110 ml cream 35% fat
  • 50 g butter unsalted
  • Grated walnut

Method

  1. Beat the butter for 5 minutes in the mixer until fluffy.
  2. Add the icing sugar.
  3. Continue beating until homogenized.
  4. Add the granulated sugar, mahlab, mastic, nutmeg, vanilla and orange zest.
  5. Keep beating.
  6. Then add the milk and gradually one by one the eggs.
  7. Then add the baking powder with the flour gradually.
  8. Butter and flour a baking pan. Bake at 165 C about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

For the glaze

  1. In a saucepan, heat the heavy cream and break the white chocolate into small pieces.
  2. Pour in the chocolate pieces and mix with a spatula.
  3. Transfer the mixture to a dispenser.
  4. Beat the mixture with a hand blender and pour the butter into small pieces.

Ingredients

For the base

  • 300 g butter unsalted
  • 250 g icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 7 g mahlab
  • 2 g mastic liqueur or powder
  • 1/2 t.s. nutmeg
  • 2 tbsps flour
  • Zest of an orange
  • 1 t.s. vanilla powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 75 ml milk 3.5% fat
  • 400 g all – purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • Icing sugar for serving

White chocolate glaze

  • 200 g white chocolate broken into pieces
  • 110 ml cream 35% fat
  • 50 g butter unsalted
  • Grated walnut

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