Birthday Cream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, seperated
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 butter, softened
• 2 lbs confectioners' sugar
• 5 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and shortening.
• 2 add sugar gradually, beating well.
• 3 add egg yolks; mix thoroughly.
• 4 add baking soda and vanilla to buttermilk.
• 5 beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• 6 alternate adding flour and buttermilk to sugar mixture.
• 7 beat slowly.
• 8 ad coconut and pecans.
• 9 mix well.
• 10 fold in beaten egg whites.
• 11 pour batter into 3 greased 8 inch round cake pans.
• 12 bake at 350 for 4o minutes, or until done.
• 13 to prepare frosting, cream together cream cheese and butter.
• 14 gradually add sugar.
• 15 beat well.
• 16 add vanilla.
• 17 continue beating until frosting is creamy.
• 18 stir in pecans.
• 19 frost between layers of cake, then the tops and sides.