Submitted by Linda Smith
1 stick butter
½ cup oil
2 cup sugar
5 egg yolks
2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
3 ½ oz coconut (1 cup put through the food processor or chopper)
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Cream butter and oil, add sugar and beat. Add egg yolks and beat. Sift flour and soda twice. Alternately add flour along with buttermilk to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla and coconut. Fold in beaten egg whites gently. Pour into two 9″ greased and floured pans (or line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper). Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until done. Cool.
Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
½ stick butter
1 box powdered sugar (1 Ib)
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup chopped nuts (pecans)
Mix butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and beat. Add vanilla and nuts.
Family Recipe Tree 