Grandma Pope's Snowballs

Cream together:
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup butter (room temp.)

Add:
1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained well
1/2 cup diced walnuts
Pinch salt

Beat ½ cup of heavy whipping cream until stiff and fold into mixture.

Spread mixture between vanilla wafers and stack:
(wafer, mixture, wafer, mixture, wafer)

Frost with sweetened whipped cream, beaten stiff
Sprinkle with coconut

Store in refrigerator overnight (10-12 hours)
Top with 1/2 maraschino cherry just before serving