Creme Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups coconut flakes
• 4 ounces margarine
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, broken and toasted

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream shortening and margarine until even consistency.
• 3 add sugar and vanilla, cream until even.
• 4 add egg yolks 1 at a time, creaming after each addition.
• 5 in a separate bowl, mix the maraschino cherry juice and buttermilk.
• 6 in a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking soda.
• 7 add half of the wet ingredients to the creamed mixture and then mix into the dry ingredients.
• 8 repeat with the other half of ingredients.
• 9 fold in coconut.
• 10 beat egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into the mixture.
• 11 divide mixture between 2 greased floured layer pans and bake for 45 minutes.
• 12 remove from oven and cool completely before icing.
• 13 icing: beat first 4 ingredients until light and creamy.
• 14 spread mixture/icing between layers and over entire surface.
• 15 press toasted nuts around the periphery of the cake and arrange the remaining nuts on the top.