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Italian Cream Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake:
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. shortening
5 eggs, separated
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour (sifted 2 times)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. coconut flavoring
3 1/2 oz. coconut
1 C. pecans

Frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 lb. powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter flavored Crisco
1 tsp. almond extract
Directions:
Directions:
To make cake: Preheat oven to 350. Beat egg whites until stiff and put aside; cream shortenings and sugar; add egg yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each; dissolve soda in buttermilk; to the egg yolks, add flour and buttermilk, alternatively; add flavorings, coconut and pecans;lastly, fold in egg whites.

To prepare frosting, mix together all listed ingredients.

Bake until fork stuck into the middle of the cake, comes out clean. Cool cake and then frost.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Butter-flavored Crisco can be substituted for the butter and shortening in the cake batter.

 

 

 

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