Elegant Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 eggs, separated
2 2/3 c. sugar
1 lb. butter (no substitute)
3 1/2 c. cake flour, sifted
1/2 c. coffee cream
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, gradually adding 6 tablespoons of the sugar, then beating until stiff.
Put in refrigerator.
In your largest mixer bowl, cream the butter, adding the remaining sugar.
Beat egg yolks well; add.
Sift flour 3 times; measure.
Add flour and cream alternately to your sugar mixture, beating until very light (at least 8 to 10 minutes in mixer).
Add vanilla.
Fold egg whites in by hand, using an over-and-under method.