ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Cynthia A. Seward, Fouke, Ark.

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

1 stick Oleo

1/2 cup Crisco

1 tsp. vanilla

5 eggs, separated

2 cups flour

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. soda

1 cup coconut

1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened

1 box powdered sugar

1 stick margarine, softened

1 tsp. clear vanilla

Directions: Beat egg whites and let stand. Cream sugar, Oleo, Crisco and vanilla, add egg yolks one at a time. Add flour, buttermilk, soda and coconut. Fold in egg whites. Bake in 9 inch layer pans, greased and floured. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, margarine and clear vanilla with electric mixer until smooth, adding more powdered sugar if consistency is too soft. Ice cake with frosting.