Vanilla Wafer Cake

Who doesn't love vanilla wafers....hmmmm not me.

Vanilla Wafer Cake
Mrs. George Jinnings

1 cup margarine or butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 oz vanilla wafers
1/2 cup milk
7 oz flake coconut
1 cup nutmeats, chopped finely

Cream shortening, add sugar and beat well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Crush vanilla wafers and add alternately with milk. Add coconut and nutmeats. Grease and flour a tube cake pan. Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes at 275 degrees. Cool cake completely before removing from pan. Does not require frosting.