Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
5 eggs, separated
1 Tbsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. coconut
1/2 c. shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. buttermilk
2 c. flour
1 c. pecans

Preparation

Cream together sugar and shortening.
Add egg yolks, one at a time.
Add vanilla, soda, buttermilk and salt.
Gradually add flour, coconut and pecans.
Beat the egg whites and fold in last. Pour into 3 round baking pans.
Bake for 30 minutes at 350\u00b0 until tests done.
Cool.