Shirleys Ice Box Fruit Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Chop everything that needs chopping; put the cherries, pineapple, and dates in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle sugar over the fruit and lightly toss together to unstick the fruit. Coarsely break nuts into a separate bowl. Set aside. Coarsely break apart the graham crackers then pulse in a food processor until fine crumbs. (I did this in 3 batches). Pour crumbs into a large mixing bowl; add cinnamon and the sweetened condensed milk. Using a spoon or your hands, combine to form a stiff dough. Add remaining ingredients and knead them into the dough using your hands. Dump the mixture out onto a piece of Saran plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Firmly shape into a log about 3-4 inches in diameter. Roll up tightly and place in the freezer for about an hour before removing the wrap. To serve, cut into 1/2-inch slices with a sharp knife and arrange on a serving plate. Store covered in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the pecans, raisins, walnuts, cherries, condensed milk and vanilla wafers. Dough will be very thick, you will need to use your hands.
• Form dough into a ring shape on top of a dinner plate. Wrap in many layers of plastic wrap and/or aluminum foil. Allow to age in the refrigerator for at least a week. The flavors will have a chance to blend and all of the milk will be absorbed into the cake.

Steps:

• Line a 9x9-inch dish or decorative container with waxed paper.
• Mix pecans, raisins, coconut, graham cracker crumbs, and cherries together in a bowl using your hands; stir in sweetened condensed milk. Press mixture into the prepared dish. Cover dish with plastic wrap or a tight-fitting lid. Refrigerate for 1 day.

Steps:

• Crush graham crackers very fine( in those days I used graham crackers but today I would use 1 pound graham cracker crumbs.
• Chop and combine fruits and nuts
• Heat butter, Eagle brand milk and marshmallows until marshmallows melt
• Mix graham cracker crumbs with fruit and nuts, add spices and combine with Eagle Brand milk and marshmallow mixture. Mix well and pack in pan that has been lined with plastic wrap or cheese cloth. The mixture will be very sticky and I used my hands to mix as soon as the hot mixture cooled enough. Cake will keep indefinitely in the refrigerator Also in those days plastic wrap was not avaiable. Note: my step mom would wrap the fruit cake in the cheesecloth and then pour some brandy over it. I mix a little brandy extract in while mixing the whole thing together. This fruit cake tastes just like "Claxton Fruit Cake" if you've ever had any.

Steps:

• In saucepan, over medium low heat, melt butter and marshmellows.
• Add eaglebrand milk and mix.
• Remove from heat and pour into large mixing bowl.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Press into lightly greased bread pan (for molding).
• Invert on to aluminum foil. Wrap tightly.
• Chill for at least 24 hours.
• Cut into slices to serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter and marshmallows together. crush graham crackers or use crumbs. chop and mix all dryed fruits and nuts together. mix together with hands. pack in greased pan. best to use loaf pans so you can slice them in nice slices. let refrigerate for 48 hours.