Italian Cream Cheese Cake

[AuburnJen 771]

Italian Cream Cheese Cake

 

 

1 stick Butter

½ cup Crisco

2 cups Sugar

5 Egg Yolks

2 cups Plain Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 cup Buttermilk

1 tsp Vanilla

1 cup Coconut

1 cup chopped Pecans

5 Egg Whites, stiffly beaten

Cream butter and Crisco. Add sugar, beat well. Add egg yolks and beat. Add flour and soda. Alternate with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Add coconut & nuts. Fold into stiffly beaten egg whites 2 Tablespoons at a time. Pour into greased and floured 9 in cake pans and bake at 350 for 20 – 25 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.

Frosting:

1 – 8oz Cream Cheese, softened

½ stick Butter, softened

1 box 10x Sugar (1 pound of powdered sugar)

1 tsp Vanilla

Chopped Nuts, optional

Mix cheese and butter, add sugar and vanilla. Frost Cake and sprinkle nuts on cake.

*** This recipe was featured on Recipes For My Boys ~ Thursday's Treasures Week 69

 

http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2011/04/italian-cream-cheese-cake.html

 

 

[DaveInTN 3,247]

:drool1:

[mouseketab.....Carol 1,261]

Jen is back to putting us all in Sugar Comas again!!!!

[alexwyattmommy 181]

She has been remiss in her coma inducing duties. 

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Now if I could just make this and eliminate the flour and sugar ...

[Retired & Tired (Judy) 90]

This has always been one of my all time favorites....along with homemade coconut cake.  I may just try this one day in my "spare" time.