Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1 small can coconut
5 egg whites, beaten stiff

Preparation

Cream margarine, shortening
and
sugar.
Add egg yolks and beat well.
Combine flour and soda, add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Stir
in
vanilla,
coconut
and nuts.
Mix well.
Fold in
egg whites.
Pour batter in three 8 or 9-inch cake pans
that have been greased and floured.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes or until done.