Ingredients
Original
recipe makes 1 - 9 inch round layer cake
2 cups butter
6 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 egg whites
4 cups white sugar
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups flaked coconut
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
- Beat egg whites, and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
- Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.