Recipe: Perfect Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston

Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston.

You can cook Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston

1. Prepare 23 oz of flour.
2. You need 6 of eggs--separate the yolks and whites.
3. You need 17 oz of sugar.
4. You need 6 oz of butter.
5. It's 1 shot of bourbon.
6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
7. You need 3 of oranges, the juice and zest.

Vasilopita tis YiaYia's a la Charleston instructions

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.