Italian Cream Cookie Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing Recipes

ITALIAN CREAM COOKIE SHEET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Cream together Crisco, margarine, and sugar, add egg yolks.
• Add baking soda to buttermilk and add, alternately with cake flour, into creamed mixture.
• Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
• Fold in coconut, nuts and vanilla.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes in a greased and floured 15x10 inch jelly roll pan.
• Let cake cool completely then add cream cheese icing.
• Combine cream cheese,margarine, powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts, mix well with electric mixer and spread on cool cake.

ITALIAN CREAM CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour three 9-in. round baking pans. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat until just combined. Stir in coconut and pecans., In another bowl, beat egg whites with clean beaters until stiff but not dry. Fold one-fourth of the egg whites into batter, then fold in remaining whites. Pour into prepared pans., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Stir in pecans. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate.