How to Prepare Perfect Fruit Cocktail Cake

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Fruit Cocktail Cake. Buy Fruit Cake Mix at Amazon. Very moist and fruity cake, no oil added, quick and easy. Especially delicious when served with whipped cream.

Fruit Cocktail Cake In a large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; mix well. Meanwhile, combine all sauce ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. When cake is done and still warm, pour sauce over cake. You can have Fruit Cocktail Cake using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fruit Cocktail Cake

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

This delicious cake comes together fast, starting with a cake mix. I think the flavor is very subtle, and the cake is quite moist. The original recipe had a syrupy sweet icing on it, but I added the coconut/brown sugar on top instead, and I think it makes this a nice snacking cake. (*NOTE: I used a fruit cocktail I've found that has guava, mango, etc., and found the pieces a little large, so I. 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.

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..

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! Sift all dry ingredients together ,then add beaten eggs and fruit cocktail with juice. Sprinkle cake batter with brown sugar and coconut. 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!