peggi's italian cream cake

Ingredients For peggi's italian cream cake

• 1 stick

  butter
• 2 c

  sugar
• 2 c

  all purpose flour
• 1 c

  buttermilk
• 1 sm

  can coconut or 1 1/2 cups
• 5

  egg yolks
• 5

  egg whites, stifly beaten
• 1/2 c

  shortening
• 1 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp

  pure vanilla
• 1 c

  chopped nuts-pecans
• CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
• 8 oz

  softened cream cheese
• 1/2 stick

  softened butter
• 1 box

  powdered sugar- (16 oz.)
• 1 1/2 tsp

  pure vanilla
• chopped pecans