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Italian Cream Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake:
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp soda
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup shortening
5 eggs, separated
2 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, or almonds)
1 small can coconut (3 1/2 oz)

Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese
1 stick butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pound confectioner's sugar

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325º.

Mix buttermilk and soda together and let stand.

Cream together sugar, butter, and shortening. Add 5 egg yolks, beating after each.

Gradually and alternatingly add flour and buttermilk mixture. Then, stir in vanilla.

Separately beat 5 egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold into batter mixture. Gently stir in 1 cup of chopped nuts.

Bake in 3 greased and floured 9" pans for 25 minutes or until done.

Let cool. Frost with cream cheese frosting:

Whip cream cheese and butter until light. Add vanilla and powdered sugar and continue to whip.

 

 

 

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