Italian Cream Cake I recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
5 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
5 egg whites
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ cups buttermilk
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flaked coconut
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
½ cup butter
3 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

759.3 calories
carbohydrate: 91.3 g
cholesterol: 168.1 mg
fat: 41.5 g
fiber: 2 g
protein: 9.5 g
saturatedFat: 21.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 400.8 mg
sugar: 71.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.

  2. Beat egg whites, and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.

  3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.

  4. Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9 inch round layer cake

Recipe Note

This is a wonderful, award winning cake. Feel free to substitute your favorite nuts for the walnuts.

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