This document provides a recipe for Vassilopita (Santa Claus Cake), an Greek New Year's cake. The ingredients include 6 cups of flour, 6 eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 3/4 cups of butter, 1 small cup of brandy, 3 tsp baking powder, the juice from a medium orange and its rind. The instructions are to whisk the eggs and sugar, add the butter, brandy, orange juice and rind. Fold in the flour, egg whites and other wet ingredients. Bake the wrapped coin in the batter in a greased pan at medium heat for 1 hour. Sprinkle icing sugar on top when done.

1. Vassilopita (Santa Claus Cake)
Ingredients:
6 cups of flour
6 eggs
2 cups of sugar
¾ cups of butter
1 small cup of brandy
3 tsp baking powder
The juice from a medium orange
and its rind
In a large bowl whisk the eggs and yolks with the sugar. Add the butter and continue
to whisk well until the sugar dissolves. In a small bowl pour the brandy, the orange
juice and rind, and mix them well. In another bowl put the egg whites to medium peaks
and set aside. Gradually add the flour, the brandy, the juice and the egg whites to the
mixture. Wash the coin and wrap it in aluminum foil. Put it in the mixture. Grease a
round baking pan and spread some flour in it. Pour the mixture and bake in a medium
oven for an hour. End up by sprinkling icing sugar onto the cake .
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