Old Pecan Streets Italian Cream Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Grease and flour 2 nine-inch round pans.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream margarine with white sugar.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Sift together flour and soda.
• Alternate adding the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture with buttermilk.
• Add the walnuts, coconut, and vanilla.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the batter.
• Pour the batter into the cake pans and bake for 45 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• While cake is cooling, make the cream cheese icing.
• Cream butter with cream cheese.
• Add powdered sugar; mix well.
• Add vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Place one cake layer on a cake plate, and ice the top.
• Cover with the second cake layer.
• Ice the sides and top of the cake.

Steps:

• Beat the first 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in coconut and pecans. Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350°F for 15 to 17 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Sprinkle each cake layer evenly with rum, if desired; let stand 10 minutes. Spread cream cheese frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Chill 2 hours before slicing. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and pecans. Frost cake when completely cooled.