VANILLA WAFER CAKE

2 sticks butter, softened
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups (1 large box) vanilla wafer cookies
1/2 cup milk
1 pkg (7.5-oz) flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
powdered sugar for dusting

Crush the vanilla wafers into fine crumbs using a food processor or rolling pin.

In mixing bowl, cream the butter; add sugar and beat until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, to butter and sugar while continuing to beat; add vanilla extract. Add the vanilla wafer crumbs and milk alternately to the egg mixture. Fold in the coconut and pecans.

Pour the mixture into a greased and floured bundt or tube pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tests done when a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

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