Ingredients

  • 1/2 c. butter
  • 5 eggs, separated
  • 1/2 c. Crisco
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 c. coconut
  • 1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

Method

  • Butter and eggs should be at room temperature.
  • Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch cake pan.
  • Cream butter and Crisco.
  • Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
  • Sift flour and baking soda together; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
  • Beat in vanilla, coconut and nuts. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter.
  • Pour into pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  • Test middle.
  • Cool and ice with Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe in this book).