Never Fail Fruit Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Chop fruit and nuts in a large mixing bowl.
2. 2
   Add coconut and mix well with hands.
3. 3
   Add flour; mix.
4. 4
   Add milk and mix well.
5. 5
   Pack firmly in a 10-inch lightly greased loose bottom tube pan (line bottom with greased wax paper).
6. 6
   If desired, decorate top with pecan halves and cherries.
7. 7
   Bake 1 1/2 hours at 300°.
8. 8
   Remove and run knife around edge and remove rim of pan.
9. 9
   When barely warm, remove tube bottom and wax paper.
10. 10
    Keeps indefinitely or freeze.