Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. self-rising flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. buttermilk
1 small can coconut
1 c. pecans, chopped
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 tsp. soda

Preparation

Cream butter and Crisco.
Add sugar and beat until mixture is smooth.
Add egg yolks and beat well.
Combine flour and soda and add to mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Stir in vanilla. Add coconut and pecans.
Add egg whites.
Pour into three 9-inch greased and floured cake pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes or until done.