Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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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
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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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