Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter or magarine
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
1 tsp. soda
2 c. plain flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. coconut
5 egg whites, beaten stiff

Preparation

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar.
Add egg yolks.
Sift flour and add soda; add to mixture with buttermilk.
Flour first and last. Stir in nuts and coconut.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Bake in 3 (9-inch) cake pans.
Makes 3 layers.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 20 minutes or until done.