1 stick butter
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 c. sugar
5 egg yolks
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 sm. can coconut
1 c. chopped pecans
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Cream butter and oil. Add sugar and beat until mixed. Add egg yolks and beat well. Combine flour and soda. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla and chopped nuts. Fold in egg whites. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

ICING:

1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 box confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Chopped nuts

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and mix until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla. After cake is iced, sprinkle with chopped nuts.