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Italian Cream Cake

Italian Cream Cake
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— Clark Family Collection

Clark family recipe for Italian Cream Cake.

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 small can angel flake coconut (I like frozen coconut better)
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Instructions

  1. Cream butter & shortening; add sugar & beat until mixture is
  2. creamy. Add egg yolks & beat well. Combine flour, salt, soda &
  3. add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla.
  4. Add coconut (chopped fine in food processor) & chopped pecans.
  5. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into 3 greased & floured
  6. cake pans.
  7. Bake @ 350° for 20 25 minutes *important not to overcook
  8. layers. Check by sticking knife/toothpick in middle of cake after
  9. 20 minutes. If it comes out clean, cake is done. If not check often.
  10. Cool & frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Notes

Aunt Madonna makes this cake using a white cake mix (gasp!) and adds the coconut and pecans. Much easier and pretty close to the REAL thing!