SOPHISTICAKE

(CHOCOLATE ITALIAN CREAM CAKE)

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    1/2 cup butter or margarine

    2 cups sugar

    5 eggs separated

    1 tsp. vanilla

    1 cup pecans

    1 cup buttermilk

    1/2 cup Crisco

    2 cups flour

    1/2 cup cocoa

    1 tsp. soda

    1 cup coconut

    • Cream margarine, Crisco, and sugar.

    • Add yokes one at a time. Sift Flour, cocoa and soda. Add alternately with buttermilk.

    • Stir in coconut, vanilla and pecans.

    • Fold in beaten egg whites.

    • Bake in 3 -8 inch pans at 350 for 30 minutes or …