• Cooking Time: 30
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups Crisco
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 3 1/2 ounce can coconut
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

1. Cream margarine and Crisco.
2. Add sugar and beat until mixture is smooth. Add egg yolks and beat well.
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour and soda; add to creamed mixture alternating with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla.
4. Add pecans and coconut. Fold in egg whites.
5. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8 inch pans.
6. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes

I always make this for myself for my birthday!