Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. crisco
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
1 tsp. soda
5 egg whites, beaten
2 c. plain flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1 c. coconut

Preparation

Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
Fold in beaten egg yolks. Sift flour and soda and add to mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Stir in nuts and coconut; fold in beaten egg whites. Add vanilla.
Bake in 3 (9-inch) cake pans at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes or until done.