Italian
Cream
Cake
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5 egg whites
19 cup butter
1_2cup shortening
2 cups sugar
5 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 cup sour milk (1 cup milk + 1 teaspoon vinegar)
1 teaspoon ahnond extract
1_2cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped toasted ahnonds, divided
Frosting
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, sottened
l_q cup butter, sottened
1 box (1 pound) contectioners'
sugar
1 teaspoon ahnond extract
Using wire whip attachment,
beat egg whites on setting #10 until still peaks torm
(approximately
1 minute). Set egg whites aside.
Using the fiat beater attachment, cream butter, shortening and sugar. Gradually
work up to setting #5. Add egg yolks and resume on setting #2. Beat well on set
ring #4. ( ombine soda and flour and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk
using setting #1. Add ahnond extract. Add coconut and 3g cup nuts.
Fold in egg whites. Pour into 3 greased and floured 8" round cake pans;* bake at
350 ° ((onvect
Bake 325° F) tor 25 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in cake
comes
out
clean.
Frosting:
Using fiat beater, beat cream cheese and butter on setting #5 until
smoofla; gradually mix in sugar on setting #1. Add ahnond extract and beat on set
ting #6 until smooth. Spread on cake layers; sprinkle top with remaining chopped
nuts.
*May substitute two 9" round cake pans. Increase baking time by 3 5 minutes,
if needed.
Serves 121_.
16