Kentucky Cherry Pecan Cake

I this I will double post again with dessert recipes, so each day their will be a dessert recipe,.....as a person could not have too many desserts right!

Kentucky Cherry Pecan Cake

1 pound butter
3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon mace
8 eggs, separated
3 cups cake flour
1/3 cup bourbon
1 pound red glace cherries, finely chopped
4 cups pecans, finely chopped

Grease and flour 2 - 9 x5x 3-inch loaf pans. In very large mixing bowl, thoroughly beat butter with 2 cups sugar and mace until light and fluffy. Gradually and thoroughly beat in egg yolks. Stir in 2 3/4 cups flour, alternately with bourbon. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup flour over cherries and toss. Stir into cake batter with pecans. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, then gradually beat in 1 cup sugar until very stiff. Fold into cake batter. Turn into prepared pans and bake 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees or until cake tested inserted in center comes out clean.