Italian Cream Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 large eggs
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. granulated sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
2 c. all-purpose flour (sifted 2 times)
1 c. coconut
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla or white vanilla
1 tsp. coconut flavor

Preparation

Separate eggs and beat egg whites until stiff.
Set aside. Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
Add egg yolks, one 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.
Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans, using 2 cups batter for each pan. Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 25 minutes.
Cool completely, then frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.