Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Cream margarine, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks; mix well.
Sift flour and soda together; add to creamed mixture, alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
Add vanilla, coconut and nuts.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour into three 9-inch greased and floured cake pans.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until done.
Fill and frost with the following icing.