Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 stick margarine
1 c. Crisco
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 c. chopped pecans
5 eggs, separated (beat whites)
1 c. buttermilk
2 c. coconut

Preparation

Heat oven to 250\u00b0. Mix flour, soda and salt. Cream sugar, margarine and Crisco. Beat until fluffy. Add egg yolks, beating well. Alternate flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Add vanilla and mix well. Fold in coconut, pecans and beaten egg whites. Pour into 3 greased cake pans. (Baker's Secret is fantastic for baking cakes!)