Greek New Year's Cake

Ingredients:

5 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 cups butter at room temperature

1 1/4 cups sugar

5 eggs

1 glass orange juice

1/2 cup brandy

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla extract

Confectioner's sugar

Almonds

Cooking Instructions:

Preheat oven to 300 F or 180 C. Beat egg yolks with sugar. Sift flour with baking powder. Dissolve soda in brandy. Add butter to sugar and beat well. Add orange juice, brandy and vanilla. Add flour and beat until very well mixed. Whisk egg whites with a drop of lemon to marengue. Fold marengue into batter. Bake for 1 1/2 hour or until done. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and almonds.

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