Homemade Italian Cream Cake

Name: Homemade Italian Cream Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 c. all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 stick unsalted butter; 1/2 Crisco; 2 c. sugar; 5 large eggs, separated; 1 c. buttermilk, well shaken; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 c. sweetened flaked coconut; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; Egg whites 5; 1 recipe Italian Cream Frosting; 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, at room temperature; 1 pound confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup chopped pecans

7 steps

Prep:40minCook:1h

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:21:44 GMT

Ingredients

12 servings

2 call purpose flour

1 teaspoonbaking soda

1 stickunsalted butter

0.5Crisco

2 csugar

5eggs

large, separated

1 cbuttermilk

well shaken

1 teaspoonvanilla extract

1 csweetened flaked coconut

½ cupchopped pecans

5Egg whites

1 recipeItalian Cream Frosting

Italian Cream Frostingk

8 ouncescream cheese

at room temperature

4 tablespoonsbutter

at room temperature

1 poundconfectioners' sugar

1 teaspoonvanilla extract

½ cupchopped pecans

Instructions

Step 1

PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 (8) or (9) inch round cake pans. Set aside.

OvenPreheat

Step 2

IN A BOWL, sift flour and soda together and set aside.

all purpose flour2 c

baking soda1 teaspoon

Step 3

BEAT butter and shortening with sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer for about 5 minutes or until fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. With the mixer on medium speed, add flour and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with buttermilk. Add vanilla, coconut, and pecans, and stir well to incorporate.

unsalted butter1 stick

Crisco0.5

sugar2 c

eggs5

buttermilk1 c

vanilla extract1 teaspoon

sweetened flaked coconut1 c

chopped pecans½ cup

Step 4

IN A SEPARATE BOWL, beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Gently fold beaten egg whites into batter, just until blended. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Egg whites5

Step 5

BAKE for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of the cake comes out clean.

Step 6

Cool on wire racks then cover in Italian Cream Frosting.

Italian Cream Frosting

Step 7

With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese with the butter on high speed until fluffy. Reduce the speed to medium and blend in the sugar and vanilla. Beat well until the frosting is smooth. Mix in pecans.