Italian Cream Cheese Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 stick Butter
- � cup Crisco
- 2 cups Sugar
- 5 Egg Yolks
- 2 cups Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 cup Coconut
- 1 cup chopped Pecans
- 5 Egg Whites, stiffly beaten
Instructions:
Cream butter and Crisco. Add sugar, beat well. Add egg yolks and beat. Add flour and soda. Alternate with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Add coconut & nuts. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites 2 Tablespoons at a time. Pour into greased and floured 9 in cake pans and bake at 350 for 20 � 25 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.
Frosting:
- 1 � 8oz Cream Cheese, softened
- � stick Butter, softened
- 1 box 10x Sugar (1 pound of powdered sugar)
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- Chopped Nuts, optional
Mix cheese and butter, add sugar and vanilla. Frost Cake and sprinkle nuts on cake.
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