Italian Cream Cake I

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 1.5 cups buttermilk 
• 1 cup coconut or flaked
• 3.5 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 8 ounce cream cheese 
• 5  egg whites 
• 5  egg yolks 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 0.3 cup walnuts chopped
• 2 cups sugar white

Equipment

• oven

Directions

1. Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk.
2. Add baking soda.
3. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
4. Beat egg whites, and fold into batter.
5. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
7. Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract.
8. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.