Fast Fixin' Fruit 'N' Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. Duncan Hines Deluxe II white cake mix
1/4 c. oil
2 eggs
1/2 c. water
1 (20 to 23 oz.) can your favorite pie filling (suggestions: cherry, apple, blueberry, peach, strawberry, lemon, pineapple, pumpkin and blackberry)
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 egg yolks and 2 whites, beaten well
2 1/2 c. flour
milk from fresh coconut plus enough buttermilk to make 1 c. liquid
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar. Add the 4 egg yolks and 2 whites, beaten together.
Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed on mixer. Sift flour with soda added.
Add flour mixture to first mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
Add vanilla.
Fold in 4 stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake in three 9-inch layer pans that have been greased and floured.
(I use four 8-inch pans.)
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
Makes 3 large layers or 4 smaller layers.