Vasilopita with dark chocolate glaze
Serves
10
Prep time
20'
Total time
70'
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 300g butter unsalted
- 250g icing sugar
- 1tbsp granulated sugar
- 7g mahleb
- 2g mastic liqueur or powder
- 1/2tsp nutmeg
- Zest of an orange
- 1tsp vanilla powder
- 4 eggs
- 75ml milk 3.5% fat
- 400g all – purpose flour
- 1tbsp baking powder
- 30g roasted almond flakes
For the glaze:
- 100g couverture
- 167g heavy cream
- 33ml full fat milk
- 17g glucose syrup
- 1tbsp rum
- 1 shot espresso
For garnish:
- 20g roasted almond flakes
Method
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius on the air function.
- Beat the butter for 5 minutes in the mixer until it becomes fluffy.
- Add the powdered sugar.
- Continue beating until the ingredients are homogenized.
- Add granulated sugar, mahleb, mastic, nutmeg, vanilla and orange zest.
- We continue the beating.
- Then add the milk and gradually the eggs one by one.
- Then add the baking powder together with the flour gradually.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer and add the almonds. Mix slightly with a spatula.
- Butter and flour a baking tray. Bake at 165 C for 50 minutes.
- Leave to cool.
For the glaze:
- Add all the ingredients except the couverture to a pot.
- Heat over medium heat and stir from time to time. Once it is hot, add the couverture and continue mixing until you have a smooth sauce.
- Leave to cool.
- Pour evenly over the cake.
For garnish:
- Sprinkle the cake evenly with the almonds.