Categories: Breads, Christmas, Russian, Ethnic, Holiday 
      Yield: 10 servings 
  
      8 lg Eggs; Separated, At Room 
           -Temperature 
      6 tb Butter 
     14 oz Honey; Clover Or Wild 
      2 c  Sugar 
      6 c  Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 
      2 ts Baking Powder 
      2 ts Baking Soda 
      2 ts Cinnamon 
           Zest And Juice Of 1 Orange 
      1 c  Strong Coffee 
      1 c  Sour Cream 
      1 c  Filberts Or Walnuts; Chopped 
           -(Optional) 
  
  Heat the honey to boiling and allow to cool.  Separate the eggs, reserving 
  the whites.  Beat the room temperature yolks with the butter until fluffy. 
  Add the cooled honey and beat until well blended.  Add the sugar and blend 
  well.  Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon together, 
  then sift again.  add to the honey mixture.  Add the orange zest, juice, 
  coffee and sour cream stirring until no dry flour shows.  Whip the egg 
  whites until stiff, then fold in a little of the whites, mixing well, then 
  add the rest of the whites.  Stir in the chopped nuts, if using them. Pour 
  into buttered and floured loaf pans, rapping them to even the batter. Bake 
  in a preheated 325 Degree F. oven for about an hour.  DO NOT open the oven 
  door during the first 30 minutes of baking.  When done, cool on wire racks 
  for 10 minutes and then turn out to finish cooling.  Wrap well in heavy 
  duty aluminum foil and store in the refrigerator.