Nana'S Italian Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake:
1 stick butter and 1/2 C shortening
2 C sugar
5 egg yolks
2 C cake flour
1 t soda in 1 C buttermilk
5 egg whites, well beaten
1 C coconut
1 1/2 t vanilla
black walnuts (optional)
Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 lb powdered sugar
1 t vanilla

Preparation

Cream shortening and butter with sugar. Add slightly beaten egg yolks. Add alternately flour with buttermilk. Add vanilla. Fold in beaten egg whites. Add coconut and nuts. Bake in three 9\" layer pans at 350 for about 30 minutes.

For frosting, allow butter to reach room temperature. Cream together butter and cheese. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.