Italian Cream Cake recipe

All Recipes Dessert Recipes Cakes

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
½ cup butter
½ cup lard
2 cups white sugar
5 eggs, separated
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (3.5 ounce) can sweetened flaked coconut
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter
3 ½ cups confectioners' sugar, or more to taste
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ cup chopped pecans, or to taste

Nutrition Info

780.8 calories
carbohydrate: 95.2 g
cholesterol: 128.2 mg
fat: 42.2 g
fiber: 3 g
protein: 8.3 g
saturatedFat: 19.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 509.5 mg
sugar: 75.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease three 9-inch round cake pans and line with waxed paper.

  2. Mix flour and baking soda together in a small bowl.

  3. Beat 1/2 cup butter and lard together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sugar, beat until smooth. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beating batter briefly after each addition.

  4. Fold 1 cup pecans, coconut, and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract into the batter.

  5. Beat egg whites with clean beaters in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Divide batter among prepared pans.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pans, about 5 minutes. Invert cakes onto cooling racks, let cool completely, 25 to 30 minutes.

  7. Beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, beat frosting until smooth.

  8. Spread a thin layer of frosting between cooled cake layers. Frost sides and top of cake. Sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans on top.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch layer cake

Recipe Note

My mother-in-law gave me this recipe when her son and I got married. It comes out great every time, even with minimal cake-baking experience! People who don't like coconut and cream cheese both have commented how surprised they are that they love this cake!

Do you like the recipe? Share this tasty recipe!

Alternatives to this recipe

See more alternatives
All Recipes - More

All Recipes - Recipe Tags: Italian Cream Cake Recipe, simple recipe Italian Cream Cake, recipe Italian Cream Cake, recipe Italian Cream Cake, Italian Cream Cake recipe, recipes , recipes online , online recipes , recipe , cooking , cookbook , new recipes , best recipes , dessert recipes top recipes , cooking recipes , best lunch recipes , recipe book , meat recipes , healthy recipes , cooking , toprecipes , best recipe italian, , prima recipes , baking , tasty recipe best recipes