Russian Easter Bread(Kulich) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 to 6 1/2 c. flour
1 c. light cream
1 cake yeast or 1 pkg.
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
5 large eggs, separated (at room temperature)
1/2 c. soft butter

Preparation

Place 1 cup flour in a large bowl, scald cream and blend into flour.
Cool just to lukewarm, stir in yeast.
Beat 1/2 cup sugar and salt into egg yolks.
Stir in yeast mixture.
Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually adding the remaining sugar.
Fold stiffly beaten egg whites into yeast-egg yolk mixture.
Place bowl over pan of hot but not boiling water and let mixture rise until light and full of bubbles.
Stir down.
Beat the soft butter and add remaining flour gradually using just enough to make the dough firm enough to be kneaded.