Finding a good vasilopita recipe

[nm1999]

I messed up my vasilopita last year - it was more like a tsoureki texture, and I wanted one that was more like a cake. I have no idea how to tell the difference between the two types of vasilopitas. Do you? Does anyone have a recipe they can share? This is the ingredients list from the one I used:

- 8 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 packet dry yeast
- 1 ½ cups of warm milk
- Zest of one orange
- A Vasilopita coin wrapped in foil


Could it have been a flaw in how I made it, if the ingredients look correct?

 

[PemiKanavos]

There is a beautiful cake vassiloptita recipe in our cookbook Cooking Greek. I make it every year, not only as a vassilopita but I also make it as a cake. My son loves it.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

There is a beautiful cake vassiloptita recipe in our cookbook Cooking Greek. I make it every year, not only as a vassilopita but I also make it as a cake. My son loves it.

That recipe is fantastic! It works every time and is well-written. Thanks, Pemi!