Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
5 eggs, separated
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 small can coconut
1 c. nuts, chopped

Preparation

Grease and flour 4 layer pans.
Cream well the butter, Crisco and sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time.
Add flour sifted with soda, alternating with buttermilk.
Add vanilla, coconut and nuts. Beat egg whites and fold into mixture.
Pour in cake pans.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 25 minutes.