Italian Cream Cake I

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Description

This is a wonderful, award winning cake. Feel free to substitute your favorite nuts for the walnuts.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 5 egg whites
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 ½ cups buttermilk
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • ½ cup butter
  • 3 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine
  2. egg yolks
  3. and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
  4. Beat egg whites
  5. and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
  6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
  7. Combine cream cheese
  8. 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  9. confectioners’ sugar
  10. and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.

Servings: 12

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