Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

My mother and grandmother made during Christmas Holidays (from Louisiana). I havent met anyone until now that's even heard of it. It's delicious though

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Lori Manuel

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Mamou, Louisiana, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2011

My neighbor delivered some of this yesterday and I have to say I'm hooked. It is really good! I believe she does add coconut, but she pressed it into a cookie sheet and cut it into small squares. Significantly lowers the calories and one bite is all you need to satisfy a sweet tooth! This is a keeper for me.

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giglyn

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2011

Must be a regional dish as my southern grandmothers always make this for Christmas! I was so glad to find it online somewhere. Yup, you can substitute graham crackers for the vanilla wafers and you still get the same fabulous results!

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Leslie du Mont

Home Town: Daphne, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2011

I'm also a North Carolina Girl presently living in South Carolina. My grandmother also made this recipe every year. I grew up eating "Ice Box Fruitcake". Utterly delicious!

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Alisa

Cooking Level: Professional

Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2011

My Mother used to make this. I love it and this is the first time I've seen an actual recipe - we've had to wing it. Really good!!

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rracket

Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2011

i'm convinced it's a southern thing. my mom has made a rendition of this for decades. she uses cherries, rains, graham cracker crumbs, pecans, and sweetened condensed milk. she makes it in a bundt cake pan and garnishes it with cherries on top

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stick a fork in me, I'm done

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2011

thank you so much for this recipe i havnt had it in years and i loved it!ever since ive been married and had my son ive been dying to make it for them like my grandma used to do for me,but i could never find just the right recipe until now!thanks again

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amber cudworth

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Milton, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2011

I really want to like this recipe as-is for all the great ingredients & unique preparation (relative to my usual Christmas cookie baking), but it fell flat for me & my family at Christmas. Waiting all that time for the cake to "age" and unwrapping all the layers of foil & saran wrap was anticlimatic to see that beige blob in the dish. Family members had to be cajoled to give it try and the reviews were mixed from a "mmm - better than I thought it would be" to "blah." Being a sweet-tooth, I thought the cake tasted pretty good, and would describe the taste & texture as glorified cookie dough. If I were to use this recipe again, I would take it one more step by cutting the cake into bite-sized pieces and dipping them into chocolate in order to hide the beige coloring. I probably wouldn't keep the word "fruitcake" in the recipe title either... when I said the name of this recipe people wrinkled their noses before the first layer of foil was pulled.

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ckkimmey

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2010

Thank you for posting the recipe. When I grew up my whole Family worked together sitting around the kitchen table to make this recipe. I tell my husband how we had fun laughing and joking. I want to do this with my Family but did not have the recipe.

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bRENDAADLER

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2010

I had never heard of this cake until I married my husband, this was a must for Christmas in his family. I have been making it for 34 years now. I do it a little different, I put a cup coconut , and melt mini marshmallows and add a can of evaporated milk to it. That takes the place of the condensed milk. It is so good!

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