ITALIAN CREAM CHEESE CAKE 
1 stick butter
1/2 c. oil
2 c. sugar
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 sm. can coconut
1 c. pecans, chopped
5 egg whites beaten (use yolks in cake)

FROSTING:

1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/2 stick butter (soften)
1 box powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. nuts, chopped

Cream butter, oil until smooth. Add sugar. Beat until smooth. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Sift flour and soda together. Add alternately with buttermilk mixing well. Add vanilla, coconut and pecans. Fold in egg whites (beaten stiffly). Bake in 3 well greased cake pans for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Leave in pans for 5 minutes.

Frosting: Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar a little at a time. Mix well. Add vanilla and continue to beat until smooth. Allow cake to cool before frosting. Sprinkle top of cake with nuts.

recipe reviews
Italian Cream Cheese Cake
   #95708
 Diane (North Carolina) says:
I wish I had $1 for every time I have cooked this cake... On birthdays I always let my husband and son chose what kind of cake they would like for their birthday and I knew before I asked what cake they was going to ask for... Then it got to where I had requests to please make this for holidays! It is a big hit in my household with family and friends.

 

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