Italian Cream Cake

Ingredients

• 1 margarine, stick
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cup sugar
• 5 whole egg yolks
• 2 cup plain flour
• 5 whole egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 whole coconut, canned
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tsp flavoring, may use 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp walnut, or all walnut

Steps

1. Cream margarine and shortening; add sugar and beat until smooth.

2. Add egg yolks and beat well.

3. Combine flour and soda. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.

4. Stir in flavoring, coconut, and nuts.

5. Fold in beaten egg whites.

6. Bake in 3, 9-inch pans at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes.

   33 min

7. Ice with cream cheese frosting.