Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
5 eggs, separated
2 c. flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. coconut
1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Combine butter, Crisco and sugar. Cream together well. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well. Add flour, buttermilk, soda, coconut and nuts. Whip 5 egg whites and fold in. Grease and flour 13 x 9-inch sheet cake pan or 3 layer pans.