Ingredients

How to make it

  • Cake:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease & flour 3- 8 inch cake pans.
  • In large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and shortening.
  • Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • In another bowl, sift flour. Add soda and cocoa
  • Mix well.
  • Add butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending
  • with dry ingredients.
  • Beat it real good.
  • Stir in coconut, vanilla and nuts.
  • In another bowl beat egg whites until stiff.
  • Fold into batter.
  • Divide batter among prepared pans
  • Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
  • Frosting:
  • Cream together cream cheese and butter
  • Add vanilla
  • In another bowl sift cocoa and powdered sugar together.
  • Beat into the cream cheese/butter mixture
  • Add pecans.
  • After cake is cooled, spread icing on layers.
  • Enjoy!
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    " It was excellent "
    redfish91117 ate it and said...
    This looks pretty good, thanks!! 5...
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    " It was excellent "
    tuilelaith ate it and said...
    Oh, yeah!
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    " It was excellent "
    tuilelaith ate it and said...
    Oh, yeah!
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  • rosemaryblue 16 years ago
    Great recipe! Love this cake!
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  • lunasea 16 years ago
    Wow, I love Italian Cream Cake and have never had the chocolate version. How delightful is that? I'll be trying this soon. Thanks, Jett - super great post, m'dear...
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    " It was excellent "
    ahmed1 ate it and said...
    Another great one Jett!!
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  • danadooley 16 years ago
    Ooh, this recipes has a lot going for it - good one jett! Chocolate, coconut, cream cheese, nuts. Thanks for sharing.
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  • bluewaterandsand 16 years ago
    Sounds so delicious!
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  • cathyp 16 years ago
    This sounds wonderful. Definitely marking to try.
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  • tannzzi 16 years ago
    Definately one to Bookmark, & yes I did lol!!
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  • cookingforfun 16 years ago
    Now you did it. MMMMMMMMMMM
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