Recipe: No-Bake Fruitcake (using heavy cream)

NO-BAKE FRUITCAKE

1 lb. miniature marshmallows
1/2 pint heavy (whipping) cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. dates, finely chopped
1 lb. pecans, chopped
1/4 lb. maraschino cherries, chopped
1 lb. graham crackers
3 squares (1 ounce each) Baker's unsweetened chocolate (optional)

Melt marshmallows in heavy cream in top of a double boiler. Remove from heat and sdd salt and vanilla.

Mix dates with pecans and cherries.

Crush graham crackers with rolling pin and add 1/2 of the crumbs to fruit mixture.

If chocolate fruit cake is desired, divide the mixture in half and add melted chocolate to half.

Roll dough in remaining graham cracker crumbs and either roll into long rolls or oblong squares.

Wrap in waxed paper and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.