Italian Creme Cake

By Emcneil

Ingredients

• Icing:
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 5 egg whites, beaten
• 1 cup nuts
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 box confectioners sugar
• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and shortening and sugar well. Add slightly beaten egg yolks. Add flour alternately with buttermilk and vanilla into which soda has been dissolved. Fold in beaten egg whites and add coconut and nuts. Bake in three 9-inch layer pans or one 13 x 9 pan at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Icing: Cream cream cheese and butter. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until right consistency to spread.