Italian Cream Cake

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Title: Italian Cream Cake
Categories: Cakes, Jaw
Yield: 1 Cake

1/2 c Butter, at room temp
1/2 c Shortening
2 c Sugar
5 Eggs, separated
2 c Sifted cake flour
1 t Baking soda
1 c Buttermilk
1 t Vanilla
3 1/2 oz Can grated coconut
1 c Chopped pecans

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1/4 c Butter at room temp
8 oz Package cream cheese, at
Room temp
1 lb Sifted powdered sugar
1 t Vanilla
1/2 c Chopped pecans
1/2 c Grated coconut

Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar, beating until smooth. Add egg
yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour
and soda. Add alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla; add
coconut and pecans. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in 3
greased and floured 9 inch cake pans at 350 degrees for 20 to 25
minutes. Cool and frost with Cream Cheese Frosting..

Cream Cheese Frosting: Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar,
mixing well. Add vanilla. Frost cake. Sprinkle with pecans and
coconut.

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