Trisha's Italian Cream Cake

Trisha's Italian Cream Cake

Course :	Cakes
From:	HungryMonster.com

Ingredients:

1/2	cup	margarine
1/2	cup	shortening
2	cups	sugar
5	large	eggs -- separated
2	cups	flour
1	teaspoon	soda
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1	cup	buttermilk
1	teaspoon	vanilla
7	ounces	coconut
1	cup	pecans -- chopped
		---cream cheese frosting
8	ounces	cream cheese -- softened
1/2	cup	margarine
1	pound	powdered sugar
1	teaspoon	vanilla
1/2	cup	pecans

Preparation:

CAKE: Cream margarine and shortening with sugar. Add egg yolks. combine flour, soda and salt and add alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla, coconut and pecans. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Grease and flour 3 8-inch: cake pans. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. FROSTING: Cream cheese and margarine. Add remaining ingredients. Double ingredients if you like a lot of frosting.