Vasilopita with dark chocolate glaze

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Serves
10
prepTime
Prep time
20'
totalTime
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:

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius on the air function.
  2. Beat the butter for 5 minutes in the mixer until it becomes fluffy.
  3. Add the powdered sugar.
  4. Continue beating until the ingredients are homogenized.
  5. Add granulated sugar, mahleb, mastic, nutmeg, vanilla and orange zest.
  6. We continue the beating.
  7. Then add the milk and gradually the eggs one by one.
  8. Then add the baking powder together with the flour gradually.
  9. Remove the bowl from the mixer and add the almonds. Mix slightly with a spatula.
  10. Butter and flour a baking tray. Bake at 165 C for 50 minutes.
  11. Leave to cool.

For the glaze:

  1. Add all the ingredients except the couverture to a pot.
  2. 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.
  3. Leave to cool.
  4. Pour evenly over the cake.


For garnish:

  1. Sprinkle the cake evenly with the almonds.
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