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This recipe comes from Dana Thompson of Alabama. Dana says, "A friend left this for me on my desk at the local Crises Pregnancy Center where I am a volunteer -- don't know where it came from, but surely do enjoy it! My husband loves it so much that I bake it in the form of cupcakes all year long."

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Miniature Fruit Cakes

1 (13-ounce) box of vanilla wafers
1/2 pound candied red cherries, cut in half
1 pound pecan halves, broken in half
1/2 pound candied green pineapple, cut in wedges
5 ounces white raisins
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
5 ounces evaporated milk
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large bowl, crush vanilla wafers. Add cherries, pecans, pineapple, and raisins; mix well (I mix and/or match using dates, dried apricots, dark raisins - whatever I have).

In a medium bowl, beat eggs; add sugar, milk, and salt. Add to other fruit mixture and mix well. Spoon loosely in cupcake pans using paper or foil liners which you have sprayed lightly with oil spray. Bake in center of oven for 30 minutes.

NOTE: Some wafer boxes are slightly smaller in which case I add 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 egg yolk, 1/4 c flour to original mix.