Delmonico Cake

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SUBMITTED BY: Fran Haworth

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup veg shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 2 cups flour, sifted with 2 teas soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp maple flavoring
  • 1 can coconut
  • 1 cup broken pecans
  • 5 egg whites beaten

Preparation

Step 1

DIRECTIONS:
Cream butter, sugar, veg shortening. Add egg
yolks, flour mix, buttermilk. Add maple
flavoring, coconut, nuts. Fold in beaten egg
whites. Bake in 3 - 8” pans @ 350 for 25
minutes.

Icing:
8 oz cream cheese
½ cup butter
1 box powdered sugar
1 teas vanilla
Broken nuts if desired