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Italian Cream Cake

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Ingredients:

  1. 1 cups - buttermilk
  2. 1 teaspoons - baking soda
  3. 5 - eggs separated
  4. 2 cups - sugar
  5. 1 sticks - margarine
  6. 1/2 cups - shortening
  7. 2 cups - flour
  8. 1 teaspoons - vanilla
  9. 1 cups - finely chopped pecans or walnuts
  10. 1 cans - coconut (small can)
  11. 8 ounces - cream cheese softened
  12. 1 sticks - margarine
  13. 1 pounds - box powdered sugar (3 cups)
  14. 1 teaspoons - vanilla
  15. 1/2 cups - nuts finely chopped

Directions:

For Cake:

Combine baking soda and buttermilk and set aside.

Beat egg whites until stiff and set aside.

Cream sugar, margarine and shortening together. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Add buttermilk alternately with flour to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. Fold in egg whites; gently stir in nuts and coconut.

Bake at 325 degrees F in three 7- or 8-inch round pans (about 20-25 minutes until lightly browned). Cool.

Meanwhile, for Frosting:
Blend together cream cheese, margarine, vanilla, and powdered sugar until creamy.

Frost cake, then sprinkle more finely chopped nuts on top of cake.


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