Mary'S Italian Cream Cheese Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon flavoring
1/2 tsp. baking powder
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 c. chopped nuts
6 egg whites, stiffly beaten
nuts (pecans, black walnuts, etc.)

Preparation

Cream margarine and Crisco.
Add sugar; beat until mixture is smooth.
Add eggs; beat well.
Combine dry ingredients.
Add to mixture, alternating with buttermilk.
Stir in vanilla and flavoring.
Add nuts.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 35 minutes.
Cool.
Frost with cream cheese frosting.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts.