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Ice Box Fruit Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 Box Graham Cracker Crackers, crushed
1 Box Vanilla Wafers, crushed
2 Cans Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 to 1 LB Coconut (Bakers)
1 LB Shelled Pecans, chopped
1 LB Raisins (Dark or Light)
2 Sticks Butter or Margarine, melted
1 Pint Container Candied Cherries (chopped in half)
1 Pint Container Mixed Candied Pineapple (chopped in half)
1 Container Mixed Candied Fruit (can substitute for other fruits or more nuts, date nuts, etc)
Directions:
Directions:
Spray pan or pans before mixing cake (can use a large tube pan, 2 reg loaf pans or several mini pans)
Mix crushed graham & vanilla wafers together. Pour eagle brand milk over crumbs and mix well. Mix nuts and fruit together and set aside. Melt butter in pan when melted - add marshmallows. Stir until marshmallows are completely melted and pour over crumb mixture and stir well. Add nuts and fruit mixture, and add coconut last. It becomes very hard to stir so spray oil on hands and mix thoroughly. Put into pan/pans and pack down in pan tightly. To get top smooth dampen hand and smooth top. Put in refrigerator and let stay overnight. Turn out of pan and slice with very sharp knife when ready to serve.

 

 

 

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