Italian Wedding Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 c. sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 c. shortening
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. soda in 1 c. buttermilk
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 c. chopped pecans
• 1 c. angel coconut
• 5 egg whites, beaten

Frosting:

• 1 stick butter
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 box powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 c. chopped nuts

Instructions:

Cream sugar, shortening and butter. Add egg yolks; mix well. Add buttermilk; add flour and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in pecans, coconut and whites. Bake in 9×13-inch greased pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

For the frosting, combine butter and cream cheese. Add sugar, vanilla and nuts.