effie's cake

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41 Pinches
Winston Salem, NC
Updated on Apr 20, 2013

I am sure there are similar cake recipes out there with other names but this one is from a lady, Ethel Mae Creasy Kirk, that I worked with in 1965 and I have always called it Effie' s cake. Simply delicious.

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Ingredients

  • 1 large angel food cake, broken in small pieces
  • 45 - marshmallows
  • 1 medium can of pineapple, crushed, drained, save juice
  • 1 small jar of green maraschino cherries, cut up fine
  • 1 small jar of red maraschino cherries, cut up fine
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 can bakers coconut
  • 1 pint whipping cream

How To Make effie's cake

  • Step 1
    Melt marshmallows in pineapple juice and set aside to cool. Add vanilla to mixture
  • Step 2
    break up cake and put in large dish. I use 9 x 13. Mix cherries, nuts and pineapple together and add to cooled marshmallow mixture. Whip cream and fold in the marshmallow mixture. Mix about 1-1/2 cups of mixture into cake and the rest of mixture on top of cake and top with coconut. Refrigerate

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