Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. granulated sugar
5 eggs, separated
2 c. cake flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla (Tony used butternut vanilla flavor)
1 c. flaked coconut
1 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. chopped maraschino cherries
juice from jar of maraschino cherries (about 1/2 c.)

Preparation

Cream margarine with shortening. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Add egg yolks, one at a time, as you beat the creamed mixture.