Italian Cream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/4 lb butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups angel flake coconut
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry, chopped
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cream together shortening, butter, sugar and salt.
• 2 add egg yolks and buttermilk.
• 3 mix flour and soda together and add to the creamed mixture.
• 4 add coconut, vanilla, cherries and pecans.
• 5 fold in the stiffly beated egg whites.
• 6 pour into 3 greased and floured 8" cake pans.
• 7 bake at 350* for 35-45 minute test with toothpick for doneness. let cool and then frost with cream cheese frosting all over.
• 8 cream cheese frosting:.
• 9 cream butter and cream cheese together. add powdered sugar, nuts and vanilla.