New Year Cake In Greece
Visit any bakery or sweet shop and you ll find many on display.
New year cake in greece. The greek new year s cake one of the most interesting greek food culture traditions is the cutting of the vasilopita. First for christ then the virgin mary st basil for the poor the house and then each family member usually starting from the man or woman of the house. On new year s day the cake is cut into slices for everyone in the household and family.
This is a sweet cake with a bread like texture that is made especially for new year s. It is associated with saint basil s day january 1 in most of greece but in some. Starting with the eldest and ending with the youngest.
So greek tradition has it that on the 1st of january we serve the new year s cake vasilopita with a hidden coin inside.