Italian Cream Cake Recipe

Preheat oven to 350

Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk until combined. Add baking soda, then mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.

Beat egg whites until stiff, then gently fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and center bounces back when gently touched.

While baking cake, combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth for icing.

Spread icing onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with 1/4 cup chopped walnuts.