1 stick butter
2 c. sugar
2 c. cake flour
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. nuts
1/2 c. Crisco
5 egg yolks
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 can coconut
1/2 tsp. salt

ICING:

8 oz. cream cheese
3/4 stick butter
1 1/4 box powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter, Crisco, and sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time. Next, add sifted dry ingredients, alternately with buttermilk. Beat egg whites separately and fold into batter. Then add coconut and nuts and vanilla. Pour into 3 greased and floured cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.