Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
5 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 stick margarine
1/2 c. shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. chopped nuts
1 small can coconut

Preparation

Mix soda in buttermilk;
let
stand
for a few minutes. Beat egg whites stiff.
Cream sugar, margarine and shortening; add egg yolks, one at a
time,
beating
well after each addition;\t add buttermilk\talternately
with
flour
to
creamed mixture.\tStir in vanilla.
Fold
in
whites
gently.
Stir in nuts and coconut. Bake in 3 layers for 35 minutes at 325\u00b0.