Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    5 eggs (large)
    1/2 c. shortening
    2 c. granulated sugar
    1 c. buttermilk
    1 c. coconut
    1 c. nuts, chopped
    1 tsp. coconut flavor
    1/2 c. butter or margarine
    1 tsp. baking soda
    2 c. all-purpose flour, sifted 2 times
    1 tsp. vanilla (white flavor)
    Cream Cheese Icing (recipe follows)
Preparation
    Separate eggs and beat whites until stiff; set aside.
    Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
    Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
    Dissolve soda in buttermilk; add alternately with flour.
    Beat well.
    Add coconut, nuts and extracts.
    Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.

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