Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
6 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
3/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. vanilla
2 c. coconut
1 c. pecans
1/2 c. maraschino cherries
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

Preparation

Cream margarine, butter and sugar.
Add egg yolks one at a time.
Add buttermilk alternately with dry ingredients ending with flour.
Add cherries, pecans, vanilla and coconut.
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and fold in.
Bake at 350\u00b0 in three 9-inch greased layer pans for 30 to 40 minutes.