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
- Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine
- egg yolks
- and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
- Beat egg whites
- and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
- Combine cream cheese
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- confectioners’ sugar
- and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.
Servings: 12