Shelly's Recipe

WHITE CHRISTMAS CAKE

Category: Cakes

1/2 cup Water
4 oz White confectionery coating
1 cup Butter, softened
2 cups Sugar
4 Eggs, separated
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp Baking soda
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Flaked coconut
1 cup Chopped pecans

FROSTING
8 oz Cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup Butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 pound Confectioners sugar
1 tbsp Milk

In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in confectionery coating until melted. Cool for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks; mix well. Beat in coating and vanilla.

Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Mix well. Stir in the coconut and pecans.

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into the batter. pour into three greased and floured 8- in. square baking pans.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Combine frosting ingredients in a mixing bowl; beat well. Frost tops of two layers; stack on serving plat with plain layer on top. Frost top and side of cake.