Italian Creme Cake

1/2 cup Crisco or similar vegetable shortening
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
2 cup sugar
5 egg yolks
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup Angel Flake coconut (sweetened, shredded coconut)
5 egg whites, beaten until stiff

Beat Crisco and butter well. Add sugar gradually and cream well. Add one
egg yolk at a time, beating well. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt.
Add alternately with buttermilk. Stir in coconut. Fold egg whites into
batter. Pour into three 9" greased floured cake pans. Bake at 350~ for 20
to 25 minutes. Cool before frosting.

Creme Cheese Frosting

1 8-oz Pkg Cream cheese
1 stick melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup pecans
1 box ( 2 1/2 c) powdered sugar

Using a mixer, mix until smooth. Frost cooled cake.


Jenn B In SWMO




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