Never Fail Fruit Cake

1 pound candied cherries
1 pound candied pineapple
1 pound pitted dates
1 pound chopped pecans
4 (8 ounce) packages flaked coconut
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10 inch tube pan. Line bottom of pan with greased parchment paper. Set aside.

Chop fruit and nuts in a large mixing bowl. Add coconut and mix well with hands. Stir in flour, then sweetened condensed milk. Blend well.

Pack firmly in prepared tube pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from oven. Run knife around edge of cake and remove rim of pan. When barely warm, remove tube bottom and paper from cake.

Makes 30 servings