Vanilla Wafer Cake (MRS)

By hmp13

A rich and heavy dessert, not for the lighthearted. Makes one 10-inch cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pecans
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cups butter, at room temperature
• 6 eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafers, very finely chopped
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sweetened flaked coconut

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan.

Combine the sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat, using an electric mixer, until light and fluffy. One at a time, add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla wafers alternately with the milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the wafers. Add the coconut and pecans and fold in with a rubber spatula.

Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60 to 70 minutes, until a knife or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer the cake in the pan to a wire rack and allow to cool for 20 minutes. Turn the cake out onto the rack and cool completely before serving.