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Overnight Peach Refrigerator Cake

1/2 pound marshmallows
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup ginger ale
1 cup whipped cream
Sponge cake or lady fingers
6 to 8 peaches, sliced
1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger

Cut marshmallows in quarters. Add to orange juice and stir over hot water until almost melted; cool slightly and add ginger ale. When slighly thickened, fold in 3/4 cup whipped cream.

Line a spring form pan with wax paper. Arrange layer of cake or lady fingers on bottom, next a layer of 1/3 of the peaches, then layer 1/2 of the marshmallow filling. Repeat until there are 3 layers of cake and 2 layers of filling. Chill in refrigerator overnight.

Unmold; garnish with remaining peaches and whipped cream and chopped crystallized ginger.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.