1 stick Butter

½ cup Crisco

2 cups Sugar

5 Egg Yolks

2 cups Plain Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 cup Buttermilk

1 tsp Vanilla

1 cup Coconut

1 cup chopped Pecans

5 Egg Whites, stiffly beaten

Cream butter and Crisco. Add sugar, beat well. Add egg yolks and beat. Add flour and soda. Alternate with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Add coconut & nuts. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites 2 Tablespoons at a time. Pour into greased and floured 9 in cake pans and bake at 350 for 20 – 25 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.

Frosting:

1 – 8oz Cream Cheese, softened

½ stick Butter, softened

1 box 10x Sugar (1 pound of powdered sugar)

1 tsp Vanilla

Chopped Nuts, optional

Mix cheese and butter, add sugar and vanilla. Frost Cake and sprinkle nuts on cake.

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This is an easy recipe for a classic. Considering adding coconut to the frosting.