Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston

Name: Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 23 oz flour; 6 eggs--separate the yolks and whites; 17 oz sugar; 6 oz butter; 1 shot bourbon; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3 oranges, the juice and zest

Ioanna Katrava @cook_10064287

Charleston,SC

This is my yia yia's recipe from when I was little. The original calls for cognac but find me someone who actually owns that! We used bourbon, because any good Charlestonian would.
Don't forget to add the flouri, or coin, in the batter for good luck!

Ioanna Katrava @cook_10064287

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Ingredients

60 mins

12 servings

23 ozflour
6eggs--separate the yolks and whites
17 ozsugar
6 ozbutter
1 shotbourbon
1 teaspoonbaking powder
3oranges, the juice and zest

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Steps

60 mins

1

Mix yolks, sugar and butter until soft, about five minutes
2

Add the orange juice, zest and bourbon
3

Mix baking powder and flour well and add to above mix SLOWY by hand
4

Preheat oven to 350
5

Beat egg whites with 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. use hand mixer, beat until stiff peaks, about 5 minutes
6

Mix egg whites into batter by hand
7

Pour batter into springfoam pan and bake for 60 min. Test for doneness with toothpick