Ingredients
12 servings
- •1 cup butter
- •5 egg yolks
- •1 teaspoon baking soda
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •5 egg whites
- •2 cups white sugar
- •1 ½ cups buttermilk
- •1 cup chopped walnuts
- •1 cup flaked coconut
- •1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- •½ cup butter
- •3 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •¼ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
- Beat egg whites, and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
- Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.
Nutritional Facts
Per 12 servings
- Calories: 759
- Carbohydrate: 91g
- Fat: 42g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 10g
- Sugar: 72g