2021 Vasilopita

My children told me finding the coin in the vasilopita is a little stressful for them each year, so I decided to mix it up this time.  I chose 8 interesting coins, so that each of the 8 slices contains a unique one. This fits a little more nicely anyway with my favorite version of the St. Basil story - he redistributed wealth to all the poor through the bread.

So here is my weighty 2021 Vasilopita! 

Happy New Year, friends!

 Ingredients: 

1/2 cup butter 

1 cup white sugar 

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 

3 eggs 

1 teaspoon baking powder 

1/2 cup warm milk 

1/4 teaspoon baking soda 

1-1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 

2 tablespoons blanched slivered almonds 

1 tablespoon white sugar 

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and grease a 8 inch round cake pan (I used a pie pan). Cream the butter and sugar together, then stir in the flour and mix until mealy. Add the eggs, baking powder and milk, mixing well. Then combine the lemon juice and baking soda, stir into the batter. Pour into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove and gently drop the coin in to the cake. Flip the cake out of a pan to a cooling rack. Cool for 10 minutes, then decorate with white sugar and almonds or whatever.