Italian Cream Cake With Icing
By: Cresent
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 3:30am

Ingredients




1 stick butter
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
5 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1 Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and beat mixture until smooth. Add egg yolks and beat well. Combine flour and soda; add to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla and add coconut and pecans. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into 3 (9 inch) greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done.