Homemade minestrone soup

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 1 - 9 inch round layer cake

• 2 cups butter

• 6 egg yolks

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 6 egg whites

• 4 cups white sugar

• 2 cups buttermilk

• 1 cup chopped walnuts

• 2 cups flaked coconut

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

• 1/2 cup butter

• 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

• Cream together 1 cup butter or margarine, egg yolks, and 2 cups white sugar. Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk. Add baking soda. Mix in 1 cup walnuts and coconut.
• Beat egg whites, and fold into batter. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven.
• Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Spread onto cooled cake. Top iced cake with chopped walnuts.

Source : Homemade minestrone soup

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