Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
5 egg whites
2 c. sugar
1 stick oleo
1/2 c. Crisco
5 egg yolks
2 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1 small can Angel Flake coconut

Preparation

Mix buttermilk and soda; set aside.
Beat egg whites until stiff; set aside.
Cream sugar, oleo, Crisco and egg yolks; beat well.
Add flour alternately with buttermilk, beating well.
Add vanilla.
Fold in beaten egg whites, pecans and coconut.
Bake in 8 x 8-inch pans at 325\u00b0 for 25 minutes.