Autumn Memories Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, seperated
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups cake flour (preferably softasilk if you can get it. if not any cake flour will do)
• 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
• 1 1/2 cups chopped black walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3/4 cup mashed banana
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
• 1 1/3 cups coconut
• 1 cup black walnut

Recipe

• 1 cream margarine and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy and sugar is disolved.
• 2 add well beaten egg yolks.
• 3 combine buttermilk and soda, stir until soda disolves.
• 4 add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour.
• 5 stir in vanilla.
• 6 add black walnuts and coconut, stirring well.
• 7 beat egg whites (at room temperature with cream of tartar) until stiff peaks form.
• 8 fold egg whites into batter.
• 9 pour batter into greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 11 cool in pans for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove from pans and cool completely.
• 13 spread chilled cream cheese black walnut frosting between layers, top and sides of cake.
• 14 if desired, you may drizzle chocolate glaze around top edge of cake.