Description
Traditional Greek New Years Day bread. Served as a coffee cake for breakfast. Also the person who receives the quarter inside gets good luck for 1 year!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup blanched slivered almonds
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 10 inch round cake pan.
- In a medium bowl
- cream the butter and sugar together until light. Stir in the flour and mix until the mixture is mealy. Add the eggs one at a time
- mixing well after each addition. Combine the baking powder and milk
- add to the egg mixture
- mix well. Then combine the lemon juice and baking soda
- stir into the batter. Pour into the prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove and sprinkle the nuts and sugar over the cake
- then return it to the oven for 20 to 30 additional minutes
- until cake springs back to the touch. Gently cut a small hole in the cake and place a quarter in the hole. Try to cover the hole with sugar. Cool cake on a rack for 10 minutes before inverting onto a plate.
- Serve cake warm. Each person in the family gets a slice starting with the youngest. The person who gets the quarter in their piece
- gets good luck for the whole year!
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 12