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Traditional vasilopita with icing

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Αυτή ίσως είναι η ευκολότερη συνταγή για βασιλόπιτα που έχετε φτιάξει Credit: commons.wikimedia.org/Rafail Pateras

Vasilopita is the traditional cake served in all Greek homes in Greece and abroad on New Year's Eve.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Vasilopita is the traditional cake served in all Greek homes in Greece and abroad on New Year's Eve.


Every place in the country has its own traditional recipe for vasilopita, made with all kinds of doughs.

Today, with the help of chef Rafail Patera, we present an easy recipe that doesn't need a mixer, for vasilopita with icing.

Vasilopita with icing

Ingredients you will need:

330g flour

1/2 tsp. mastic, crushed

Zest from half orange

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

270g sugar

120g sunflower oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

220g yoghurt

For the glaze

300g white couverture

30g sunflower oil


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