Never Fail Fruit Cake recipe

30 servings

1 pound candied cherries

1 pound candied pineapple

1 pound pitted dates

1 pound chopped pecans

4 (8 ounce) packages flaked coconut

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Lightly grease a 10 inch tube pan.

Line bottom of pan with greased parchment paper.

Set aside.

Chop fruit and nuts in a large mixing bowl.

Add coconut and mix well with hands.

Stir in flour, then sweetened condensed milk.

Blend well.

Pack firmly in prepared tube pan.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

Remove from oven.

Run knife around edge of cake and remove rim of pan.

When barely warm, remove tube bottom and paper from cake.