Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. coconut
1 c. chopped nuts
5 egg whites, beaten stiff

Preparation

Cream margarine and shortening; add sugar, beating until smooth. Add egg yolks; continue beating. Combine flour, salt and soda. Add alternately with buttermilk, then stir in vanilla. Add coconut and nuts. Fold in egg whites. Bake in 3 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.