Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 small can coconut
1 c. chopped pecans
5 egg whites

Preparation

Cream margarine and Crisco.
Add sugar and beat until mixture is smooth.
Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine flour and soda.
Add to creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk.
Stir in vanilla.
Add coconut and nuts.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Pour into 3, greased 8- inch cake pans.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 25 minutes.
Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.