Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
5 eggs, separated
2 c. sugar
1 stick oleo
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. coconut

Preparation

Combine soda and buttermilk.
Set aside for a few minutes. Beat egg whites stiff.
Cream together sugar, oleo and shortening. Add egg yolks, one at a time.
Beat well after each.
Add buttermilk and soda mixture alternately with flour to creamed mixture.
Stir in vanilla.
Fold in egg whites gently.
Then add nuts and coconut.