Soft As Silk Italian Cream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 5 egg yolks, beaten
• 2 cups cake flour (pref. soft as silk cake flour if you can get it)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1 can coconut (small, do not know how many ounces. this is all that the recipe gives)
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 cream 1/2 cup margarine or butter, sugar and oilin mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
• 2 add egg yolks, beat well.
• 3 sift in flour and soda; mix well.
• 4 add buttermilk and 1 tsp vanilla; mix well.
• 5 fold in egg whites, coconut and 1 cup pecans.
• 6 pour into 3 greased and floured 8" round cake pans.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until cakes test done.
• 8 remove to wire rack to cool.
• 9 combine 1/4 cup butter or margarine, cream cheese and confectioner's sugar in a bowl; beat well.
• 10 stir in 1 tsp vanilla and 1 cup pecans.
• 11 spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.