Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. Crisco, softened
1 stick butter, softened
2 c. sugar
5 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla-butter-nut flavoring
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1 c. pecans (pieces)
2 c. coconut
1 c. butter
milk
1 small jar maraschino cherries
Frosting
maraschino cherries and pecan halves (for decorating)

Preparation

Cream the first 3 ingredients together; add egg yolks and mix in the dry ingredients one by one, alternating with butter and milk. Add the coconut, pecans and cherries. Fold in the egg whites. Pour the mixture into 3 (8 x 10-inch) round cake pans and bake in a 350\u00b0 oven for 40 minutes. Layer the cake with the frosting and decorate with well drained cherries and pecan halves.