Vasilopita

A fun cake for a lucky new years!

My contribution to a group cooking event - making a good luck New Years Day meal - was Vasilopita. This is a Greek cake in which one bakes a coin. The person who received the slice with the coin will enjoy the most prosperity in the coming year.

I found many different recipes across cyberspace, and decided on this one with large amounts of orange and lemon zest. The batter is very thick, but it rose nicely as it baked. I also did as suggested - write the new year with cloves in the top of the cake.

The cake did have a nice orange-lemon flavor, and the cloves also added a good bit of flavor. But the texture was nothing special.