Lighter Italian Cream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup light margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups whole wheat flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup pecans
• 8 ounces light cream cheese
• 1/2 cup light margarine
• 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup pecans, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f.
• 2 cream together shortening, butter, & sugar; blend well & cream in egg yolks.
• 3 sift together flour, soda, & salt.
• 4 alternately add buttermilk & flour mixture to creamed mixture & blend well.
• 5 beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. add vanilla, coconut, & pecans. fold egg mixture into into batter.
• 6 bake 25-30 minutes in 3 greased & floured 9â€? cake pans.
• 7 once cooled, mix together frosting ingredients & frost cake.