Italian Cream Cake Trifle

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup

room temperature Butter

1/4 cup

Butter flavored shortening (or use butter)

1 1/4 cups

Sugar

medium Eggs

1/2 tsp

Baking Soda

Salt

1 1/4 cups

All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup

Buttermilk *

(if you don’ have buttermilk on hand (take 1/2 cup whole milk and add 1)

white vinegar or lemon juice)

3/4 cup

Coconut shredded

1/2 cup

chopped Pecans

1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

small box of French Vanilla Instant Pudding

1 3/4 cups

milk

1 oz

eight container of Mascarpone Cheese

1 can

sweetened condensed milk

small container of Cool Whip or whipped topping.

1 oz

sixteen package of shredded coconut -toasted

1 1/2 cups

chopped pecans -toasted.