1 stick butter
1/2 c. Crisco
5 eggs
2 c. sugar
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 sm. Angel Flake coconut
1 c. chopped nuts

Cream butter and Crisco. Add sugar gradually, add beaten egg yolks. Sift flour and soda 3 times. Add flour and milk alternately. Add vanilla and mix well. Add coconut and nuts. Bate egg whits moist stiff; fold into mixture. Pour into three 9 inch layer pans. Bake 350 for 25 minutes.

CREAM FILLING:

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 box powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Add sugar gradually to soft cream cheese. Add vanilla. Spread on tops and sides of cooled layers.