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Vanilla Wafer Fruitcake Recipe

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This was my dear grandmother's recipe. She was a farmer's wife and a very good cook. Even folks who don't like fruitcake seem to like this one.

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Vanilla Wafer Fruitcake Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 45 min.

Yield: 40 Servings

25 45 70

Ingredients

1/2 pound candied cherries
1/2 pound candied pineapple slices
1 pound walnuts, pecans or combination of both
1 pound vanilla wafers
1/4 pound raisins
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can (5 ounces) evaporated milk

Directions

Set aside four whole cherries, two pineapple slices and 16 pecan or walnut halves. Chop remaining fruit and nuts. Crush vanilla wafers; combine the chopped fruit, nuts and raisins and set aside.
In a bowl, beat eggs well. Stir in sugar, salt and milk. Combine wafer/nut mixture with egg mixture. Pack into a waxed paper-lined 10-in. tube pan. Decorate top with reserved whole fruit and nuts. Bake at 325° for 45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Run a sharp knife around edge; turn cake out of pan, then back over again so decorations are on top. Cake can be made ahead and frozen; taste improves with age. Yield: about 40 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 183 calories, 10 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 64 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Vanilla Wafer Fruitcake in Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook , p21

Sweet White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

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Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2010 by Smilineyes

My Mom makes and sells this cake every Christmas making very good money. Everyone raves about it. So glad I found this recipe.

Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2008 by darmas

I have looked for this recipe for years. My mother-in-law cooked this every year for Christmas. i never liked fruitcake until I tried her's and I was hooked after that. No other fruitcake can come close to this one. After her death I was unsure of the amount of milk to add to her recipe. I have tried to make it using what I though was the correct amount, but it was not the same. Her version is a little different from this one, but it taste almost the same. Thank you for bringing my favorite Christmas cake back to me!