Italian Creme Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1 (3 1/2 oz.) can coconut
5 egg whites, beaten

Preparation

Cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
Add egg yolks one at a time.
Mix together buttermilk and soda.
Add flour to creamed mixture with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in vanilla, pecans, coconut and beaten egg whites.
Bake in 3 round 8 or 9-inch cake pans at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes.