Recipe courtesy of Christy Jordan

Vanilla Wafer Cake

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 12 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 25 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 10 min
  • Cook: 1 hr
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Ingredients

Butter, for greasing pan

Flour, for dusting pan

6 eggs

2 cups sugar

One 12-ounce box vanilla wafers, crushed

1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

1 cup chopped pecans, or your favorite nut

1/2 cup milk

Butter, optional

Whipped cream, optional

Berries, optional

Caramel sauce, optional

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease and flour a tube or Bundt pan. 
  2. In a large bowl, beat the eggs well. Mix the sugar, vanilla wafers, coconut, pecans and milk into the eggs. 
  3. Pour the mixture into the tube or Bundt pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let sit in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a plate. Allow to cool completely. 
  4. If desired, heat 1 tablespoon butter in a small saute pan. Cut a 1-inch slice of cake, butter both sides and toast in the butter. Add a dollop of whipped cream and serve with berries. Drizzle with caramel sauce. Repeat with remaining cake slices.

Cook’s Note

An easy way to crush your vanilla wafers is to place half of the box at a time in a gallon zipper-seal bag and roll over them with a rolling pin or glass, then repeat with the other half.

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Carolyn B.

This was ok....

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