Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
5 egg whites
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 small can coconut
1 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter and Crisco.
Add sugar and beat well.
Add egg yolks, one at a time.
Sift flour and soda together.
Add buttermilk, vanilla, coconut and pecans.
Add to mixture.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Pour into 3 (8 or 9-inch) cake pans.