Italian Cream Cake And Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 small can coconut
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1/2 c. Crisco shortening
5 egg yolks
1 Tbsp. soda
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar.
Beat until smooth.
Add egg yolks; beat well.
Mix flour and soda; add to mixture.
Add buttermilk; stir in vanilla.
Add coconut and pecans and fold in egg whites.
Pour in tube pan that has been greased and floured. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.