Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. sugar
5 eggs
2 c. flour, sifted 2 times
1 c. buttermilk
1 (3 1/2 oz.) can coconut
1 c. chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. coconut flavoring

Preparation

Separate eggs and beat whites until stiff.
Set aside.
Cream margarine and shortening and add sugar.
Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk; add alternately with flour.
Beat well.
Add coconut, nuts and extracts.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.