Italian Cream Cheese Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. flour
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 tsp. soda
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 small can shredded coconut
1 1/2 c. chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
chopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter and shortening; add sugar and beat until smooth. Add egg yolks and beat until smooth.
Combine flour and soda; add to creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk.
Stir in vanilla. Add nuts and coconut.
Fold in egg whites.
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans.
Bake for 25 minutes at 350\u00b0 or until tests done.