ITALIAN CREAM CAKE 
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. Crisco
1 stick butter
5 egg yolks, beaten
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. pecans or walnuts
1 c. coconut
1 tsp. maple or black walnut flavoring
1 tsp. vanilla
5 eggs, whites, beaten stiff

Cream Crisco, butter and sugar. Add beaten egg yolks; add flour, soda, and salt alternately with buttermilk. Stir in nuts, coconut, flavorings; fold in beaten egg whites. Pour batter in three 9-inch greased and floured pans. Bake at 300-325 degrees for 30 minutes or until done.

ICING:

8 oz. pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
1 stick butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 box confectioners' sugar

Beat until creamy. Frost cake.

 

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