Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. flour (cake flour)
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 small Angel Flake coconut
1 c. chopped nuts
5 stiffly beaten egg whites

Preparation

Cream butter, shortening and sugar until smooth.
Add egg yolks, one at a time.
Add flour, soda and buttermilk alternately. Add vanilla, coconut and nuts.
Fold in egg whites.
Bake in three 8-inch greased and floured pans at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes. Then cool and frost.