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Italian Cream Cake

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 2/3 cup Sugar
  • 6 Eggs separated
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 3/4 tsp soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups Coconut
  • 1 cup Chopped Pecans
  • 1/2 cup maraschino cherries chopped
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tarter

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 4 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup Pecans Chopped for on top

Instructions
 

  • Cream shortening, butter, sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each.
  • Add buttermilk along with dry ingredients ending with flour.
  • Stir in remaining ingredients.
  • Beat egg whites with cream of tartar til stiff. Fold in.
  • Bake in 3 9” pans or 4 8” pans at 350° for 30-40 minutes until done.