Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
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
3/4 c. pecans

Preparation

Cream butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy.
Add egg yolks; mix well.
Add soda to buttermilk.
Alternate flour and soda with buttermilk; mix well.
Stir in vanilla, coconut and pecans.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake in 3 (9-inch) cake pans greased and floured for 25 minutes at 350\u00b0.