1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 c. shortening
5 eggs, separated
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1 sm. can coconut

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream sugar, butter and shortening well. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add buttermilk, alternating with sifted flour to cream mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into mixture and add pecans and coconut.

ICING:

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 lb. powdered sugar, sifted
1 stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. pecans (opt.)

Cream cheese and butter well. Add vanilla. Beat in sugar a little at a time until of spreading consistency.