Parkland Hospital Italian Cream Cake Food

PARKLAND HOSPITAL ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: cream margarine, oil and sugar.
• add egg slowly, beating after each addition. scrape down bowl.
• Add sifted flour and baking soda into creamed mixture, alternately with buttermilk, and scrape down bowl.
• add vanilla, coconut, and chopped pecans.
• Pour into greased 9 inch cake pan (24 oz per pan) and bake at 300 x 45 minutes. cool.
• For icing: cream softened cream cheese and margarine. Add Vanilla extract, powdered sugar, and chopped pecans. Beat until spreading consistency. Frost cooled cake.

ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar; beat 2 minutes longer. Add egg yolks and vanilla; beat for 1 minute. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. , In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Fold in coconut and pecans. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, in a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread over cake. Sprinkle with pecans. Store in the refrigerator.