Vasilopita cake (no yeast)
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Read about sheet cakes and traybakes in the BrightCulinary Book
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Ingredients
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- 3 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 whole zest of oranges
Whisk the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and orange zest together; set aside.
- ¾ lb unsalted butter
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk the soft butter, powdered sugar and vanilla on low until the sugar is incorporated, then on high about 5 minutes until fluffy.
Whisk attachment and softened butter
- 5 whole eggs
- ½ cup yogurt
On low add the eggs one at a time, then the yogurt; mix until incorporated (it will look separated).
Eggs and yogurt
Add the flour mixture a little at a time and stop mixing once incorporated; overmixing makes the cake dense.
Adding the flour without overmixing
Grease a 10-inch round pan with the butter wrappers, line the bottom with parchment and grease lightly.
Greasing and lining the pan
Bake on the center rack in a preheated 350F oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
Cool completely, run a knife around the edge, invert onto a cake plate and remove the parchment.
- powdered sugar
Dust with lots of powdered sugar, through a stencil if wanted, and decorate.
Dusting with powdered sugar and a stencil