Italian Cream Cheese Cake recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup margarine
½ cup vegetable shortening
2 cups white sugar
5 egg yolks
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped nuts
1 (3.5 ounce) can sweetened flaked coconut (such as Bakers® Angel Flake®)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 egg whites
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
¼ cup butter
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup mixed nuts, or as desired for garnish

Nutrition Info

523.1 calories
carbohydrate: 65.7 g
cholesterol: 77.9 mg
fat: 27.2 g
fiber: 2.1 g
protein: 6.9 g
saturatedFat: 9.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 315.3 mg
sugar: 50.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 3 9x1.5-inch cake pans.

  2. Beat margarine, shortening, and white sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, add egg yolks one at a time, thoroughly beating each yolk into the butter mixture before adding the next.

  3. Mix flour and baking soda together in a bowl, alternately stir portions of flour mixture and buttermilk into the butter mixture, mixing until just incorporated into a cake batter. Stir 1 cup nuts, coconut, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into the batter.

  4. Beat egg whites in a glass or metal bowl until soft peaks form. Lift your beater or whisk straight up: the egg whites will form soft mounds rather than a sharp peak. Fold egg whites into the batter, pour into prepared pans.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

  6. Beat cream cheese and butter together in a bowl until smooth. Beat confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into the cream cheese mixture until smooth, spread over completely cooled cakes, garnish with 1/4 cup nuts.

Recipe Yield

3 9x1.5-inch cakes

Recipe Note

A very delicious cake. The family loves it at family gatherings. Very moist with a nutty flavor.

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