Gluten-Free Living: Vasilopita – Greek New Year's Day cake
Vasilopita is sliced on New Year’s Day to bless the house and bring good luck for the new year – and with its notes of orange, it's delicious.
Ingredients
- 400g unsalted butter, well softened
- 310g (1⅓ cups) caster sugar
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
- 125ml (½ cup) milk
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp mahlepi (from European delis and gourmet grocers)
- ½ tsp mastiha (from European delis and gourmet grocers)
- Finely grated zest & juice of 1 orange
- 500g gluten-free self-raising flour, sifted
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pure icing sugar, sifted, for dusting
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