Grocery List or things you need to be sure you have on hand: shortening, margarine, sugar, flour, eggs, coconut, nuts, buttermilk, baking soda, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt
Approximate Preparation Time:  30-45 minutes
Ease of Preparation:  Moderately Complicated
List of Ingredients: 
Shortening 1/2 c
Margarine 1/2 c
Sugar 2 c
Eggs,5 separated
Flour 2 c
Baking soda 1 tsp
Buttermilk 1 c
Coconut 1 7 oz can
  (1 2/3 c in cake, 1 c in icing, remainder on top)
Vanilla 1 tsp

Filling:
Margarine 1/2 c
Cream cheese 1 8 oz pkg
Powdered sugar 1 lb
Vanilla 1/8 tsp
Salt 1/8 tsp
Nuts 1/2 c finely chopped
Directions:
1. Blend shortening and oleo in large bowl.  Add sugar gradually.  Beat until fluffy.
2. Add egg yolks one at a time beating well after each.
3. Sift flour and soda together. Add alternately with buttermilk beginning and ending with flour.
4. Add 1 2/3 c coconut.
5. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Fold into cake batter.
6. Pour into 3 greased and floured 9" cake pans
7. Bake 350 degrees 25 to 30 min. Cool. Frost.

Filling
1. Blend margarine and cream cheese, gradually add powdered sugar
2. Beat until smooth. Add vanilla and salt.
3. Spread between layers and on top of cake.
4. Garnish with 1 c coconut on top and 1/2 c nuts on sides of cakes

Good Cooks Tell All:  Sprinkle coconut on top of cake and press chopped nuts into sides.  This is a super good recipe and I have people who ask me to make it for special occasions and for dinners at church.
Submitted by:  Phyllis Nichols
The Source of This Recipe:  Family

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