Italian Cream Cake

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 10-12
• Yields: 2 9 inch cake pans

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco)
• 2  cups sugar
• 5  egg yolks
• 2  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  can small coconut
• 1  cup black walnut
• 5  egg whites, stiffly beaten

• Italian Cream Cake Frosting:

• 8  ounces cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 1  box confectioners' sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup black walnut

Directions

1. Cream margarine and shortening with sugar.
2. Add egg yolks; mix well.
3. Combine flour and soda; add alternately with buttermilk.
4. Add vanilla, coconut and nuts; fold mixture in egg whites.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
6. Italian Cream Cake Frosting: Beat together cream cheese and margarine, then add sugar and vanilla.
7. Ice cake; put black walnuts between layers and on top.