Recipe - White Christmas Cake

One half cup Water
4 ounce White confectionery coating
1 cup Butter or margarine,
softened
2 cup Sugar
4 Eggs, separated
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Flaked coconut
1 cup Chopped pecans

FROSTING
8 ounce Cream cheese, softened
One half cup Butter or margarine,
softened
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 pound Confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon 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 2530 minutes or
until cake tests done. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove
to wire rack to cool completely. Combine frosting
ingredients ina mixing bowl; beat well. Frost tops of
two layers; stack on serving plat with plain layer on
top. Frost top and side of cake. Yield: 1012
servings.

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