Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. coconut, flaked
1 c. pecans, chopped
5 egg whites, beaten

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Combine margarine and shortening.
Beat well.
Add sugar and beat until fluffy.
Add egg yolks one at a time.
Sift flour and soda together; add alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
Add vanilla, coconut and pecans.
Fold in carefully, the beaten egg whites.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.