Happy New Year 2013!!!
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On the 1st day of each
year, in Cyprus and Greece , we bake
Vasilopita. The name "βασιλόπιτα" comes from βασιλεύς
'king' + πίτα 'pie', but was reinterpreted as Saint Basil's (Βασίλειος) cake.
There are a million
recipes for this type of cake, and we all believe that our recipe is the
best :-)
My
mum usually bakes an orange cake, with almonds. I use orange puree,
masticha powder and zizimbri (ginger), and instead of butter I use extra virgin
olive oil.
Happy New Year Efti to you and your family. You know the recipe I make as it's in my cookbook but this year had a lot of mandarins so I made it with mandarins. I didn't know that ginger is called zizimbri but your Vassilopita sounds like a great flavoured one.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too my dearest Ivy!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year dear Efty!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this name - Vasilopita.
What kind of cake is it?
Happy New Year Eft. I love the flavours of masticha and orange so I am sure your vasilopita is fantastic. I love the fact that u use only olive oil instead of butter ! Katerina T
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year . This cake definitely sounds interesting.....never heard of it
ReplyDeleteLots of versions of a recipe usually means that at least one is really good! This sounds delicious. Happy New Year to You and Yours!
ReplyDeletehappy new year hun! your cake looks very cool...i hadn't even heard about this cake ever before!
ReplyDeleteLove learning about new cultures and traditions - Thx for sharing & happy new year!
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