lucene's italian cream cake

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49 Pinches
Groves, TX
Updated on Jul 19, 2014

My mother's recipe - one of my brother's favorites.

prep time 40 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Bake
yield 16 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 5 - eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup coconut
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • ICING
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

How To Make lucene's italian cream cake

  • Step 1
    Cream together butter, shortening, salt and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well.
  • Step 2
    Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Add flour and buttermilk mixture alternately to creamed mixture in #1.
  • Step 3
    Add vanilla and nuts. Beat well
  • Step 4
    Pour batter into three greased/floured 9" pans. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes or until cake loosens from pan.
  • Step 5
    Icing: combine 8 oz. pkg cream cheese, softened with one stick of butter, softened and mix well. Add one lb. box powdered sugar slowly to mixture, blending well then add vanilla, coconut and pecans. Beat until creamy. Spread on cooled layers of cake, covering sides and top then serve.

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Culture: Italian
Category: Cakes
Keyword: #Italian
Method: Bake
Ingredient: Flour

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