1 stick butter, softened
1 c. Crisco shortening
2 c. sugar
5 eggs
2 tsp. baking soda
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. coconut
1 c. chopped pecans

ICING:

1 box confectioners' sugar
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. Crisco shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
Milk as needed

Cream butter, Crisco, and sugar in large mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time. Sift flour and soda together. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Add flavoring. Add coconut and pecans by stirring with a spoon. Bake in three greased and floured 9 inch pans at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Icing: Put cream cheese and Crisco in mixing bowl. Add sugar gradually as you beat with mixer. Add flavoring, thin with milk for spreading consistency.