Italian Cream Cake

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

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (such as crisco)
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 can small coconut
• 1 cup black walnut
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 box confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup black walnut

Recipe

• 1 cream margarine and shortening with sugar.
• 2 add egg yolks; mix well.
• 3 combine flour and soda; add alternately with buttermilk.
• 4 add vanilla, coconut and nuts; fold mixture in egg whites.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
• 6 italian cream cake frosting: beat together cream cheese and margarine, then add sugar and vanilla.
• 7 ice cake; put black walnuts between layers and on top.