Fruit Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Crush vanilla wafers with a rolling pin.
2. 2
   Chop cherries and nuts, keeping out 4 whole cherries and 16 pecan halves.
3. 3
   Mix cherries, nuts and raisins with vanilla wafer crumbs.
4. 4
   Beat eggs well.
5. 5
   Add sugar, salt and milk.
6. 6
   To this mixture, add fruit, nuts and Jackson's vanilla wafers mixture, mixing well.
7. 7
   Let stand while
8. 8
   preparing pan with wax paper.
9. 9
   Pack in pan.
10. 10
    Decorate top with cherries and pecan halves.
11. 11
    Bake in moderate oven, 325°, for 1 hour.