Recipe: Appetizing Fruit Cocktail Cake

Fruit Cocktail Cake. Very moist and fruity cake, no oil added, quick and easy. Especially delicious when served with whipped cream. In a large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; mix well.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add eggs, fruit cocktail and vanilla and mix all ingredients well (by hand--do not use electric mixer); batter will seem very thick at first (if you use good fruit cocktail that has mostly fruit, not all juice), but this is the way it should be (the juice in the fruit cocktail is the only liquid in this recipe. If you're new to our site, you'll quickly learn that as much as we love crazy beautiful layer cakes, our first love is simple, old fashioned cake recipes and this easy fruit cocktail cake is a classic! You can have Fruit Cocktail Cake using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fruit Cocktail Cake

1. You need 2 cups of self rising flour.
2. Prepare 15 oz of fruit cocktail in heavy syrup (undrained).
3. Prepare 2 of large eggs.
4. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
5. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
6. You need 1 stick of butter.
7. Prepare 1 cup of sweetened coconut flakes.
8. Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
9. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
10. It's 1 cup of evaporated milk.
11. It's 1 cup of chopped pecans.

I got this cake recipe from one of my grandma's old recipe books. Fruit Cocktail in Syrup: The simple chemistry of this cake just doesn't work the same way if you use a fruit cocktail in juice. The fruit cocktail in syrup is important! Skip the Box: The reason I don't use boxed cake mix in my recipe is that with the simplicity of this recipe, a mix doesn't really seem like convenience at all!

Fruit Cocktail Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray 9x13 pan..
2. Mix first 5 ingredients until well blended.
3. Pour into pan and bake 30-35 minutes..
4. Poke a few holes in cake with a fork..
5. Combine remaining ingredients in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil for 1 minute..
6. Pour warm sauce over warm cake, spread coconut and pecans evenly..

In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients; stir until smooth. Combine brown sugar and nuts; sprinkle over top. Add all ingredients, except flour, and mix. Sift all dry ingredients together ,then add beaten eggs and fruit cocktail with juice. Sprinkle cake batter with brown sugar and coconut.