International Recipes
Italian Cream Cake (T&T)
This is a family hand-me-down, and quite T&T. It has quite a bit of coconut in it, and many people who don't otherwise like coconut (myself included) love this cake.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup pecans
- 5 egg whites
Icing
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 box (4 cups) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cake: Cream sugar and butter well. Add egg yolks, one at a time.
- Mix vanilla extract and baking soda in small bowl.
- Mix flour and buttermilk in separate small bowl.
- Begin with vanilla mixture and add flour mixture alternately with vanilla mixture until all blended.
- Add coconut and pecans.
- Beat egg whites and fold into batter.
- Pour into 3 (9-inch) rounds or one sheet cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.
- Icing: Mix together ingredients in the order listed.
Posted by Shellbob65 at Recipe Goldmine 6/14/01 2:13:40 pm.