Ingredients:
- 375 g butter left at room temperature
- 750 g sifted self-rising flour
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups of sugar
- 200 ml yogurt
- a pinch of salt
- zest of 2 oranges
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 150 g ground walnuts
- 2 sachets vanilla sugar
- powdered sugar for topping
- Divide the eggs into yolks and whites. Mix the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a bowl with an electric mixer. Whisk until the mixture is very thick and shiny. Place the bowl aside.
- In another bowl, whisk the butter and sugar for about 20 minutes, until the butter is creamy like whipped cream. Slowly add the egg yolks one by one.
- Pour in the orange juice, the vanilla sugar, the orange zest, the yogurt and mix to combine. Add 1/3 of the sifted flour and blend, using a wooden spoon or spatula. Add 1/3 of the egg whites and lightly mix. Repeat with the rest of the flour and egg whites. Add the walnuts in the end.
- Pour this mixture in a round baking pan (app. 32 cm diameter) previously coated with butter.
- Put to bake in a preheated oven at 200 C degrees, then lower the heat to 175 C and leave to bake for about 1 hour, until the pie is well baked. Check of the pie is ready with a toothpick. It's important to notice that you mustn't open the oven while vasilopita is baking.
- Let the pie cool down, then insert a coin wrapped in aluminum foil inside the cake.
- Place the vasilooita on a serving plate and sprinkle with icing sugar all over.