Italian Cream Cheese Cake Recipe

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A great recipe to make with your eyes closed. A delight ! Lighter than a cheesecake and or a pie, this dessert cake is perfect to eat well without spending hours in the kitchen.I took white cheese 20% fat. It is quite possible to take 40% to have a smoother cake or even from the bush.

*Ingredients

☞ 1 small spoon baking soda
☞ 1 cup buttermilk
☞ 2 cups flaked coconut
☞ 1 cup chopped pecans
☞ 1 cup butter, softened
☞ 1 cup shortening
☞ 2 cups sugar
☞ 6 eggs, separated
☞ 1 smaal spoon vanilla extract
☞ 3 cups  flour

* Frosting :

☞ 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
☞ 3 cup chopped pecans
☞ 3 pck cream cheese, softened
☞ 3 cup butter, softened
☞ 6 cups confectioners’ sugar

* Preparation :

1 – In a big bowl, cream the butter, shortening / sugar until light . Whisk  in egg yolks & vanilla. blend flour / baking soda ; add to creamed mixture mutually with buttermilk. Whisk  just until combined , and stir in coconut and pecans.

2 – In a little  bowl, whisk  egg whites until stiff peaks form. tuck a fourth of the egg whites into batter, then fold in lasting whites. Pour into three greased and floured and  round baking pans.
ENJOY !