Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
5 eggs, separated
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. pecans
1-4 oz. can coconut

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Combine soda and buttermilk and let stand a few minutes.
Beat egg whites until stiff.
Cream sugar, margarine and shortening.
Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Add buttermilk alternately with flour to creamed mixture.
Stir in vanilla.
Fold in beaten egg whites; gently stir in pecans and coconut.