fruit cocktail cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Doreen Schultz
Romulus, MI

Found this cake while looking thru my Mom's old recipes. I hadn't seen it in 35 years. She made this cake when unexpected company showed up.

(1 rating)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 40 Min

Ingredients For fruit cocktail cake

  • FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE
  • 1 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2
    large eggs
  • 1 can
    fruit cocktail, in syrup (15 oz)
  • SPRINKLE TOPPING (WILL BE THE BOTTOM OF CAKE WHEN SERVED)
  • 1/3 c
    brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 c
    pecans, in pieces
  • BUTTER SAUCE TOPPING
  • 1 c
    butter, unsalted
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 1/2 c
    evaporated milk
  • 1 tsp
    pure vanilla extract

How To Make fruit cocktail cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Spray or grease and flour a tube pan.
  • 2
    Drain fruit cocktail, reserve syrup. Cut grapes in half.
  • 3
    In large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Beat in Eggs and syrup from fruit cocktail. Fold in the fruit. Pour into prepared pan
  • 4
    Sprinkle batter with brown sugar and pecans.
  • 5
    Bake 35 to 40 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • 6
    Make butter sauce topping. Bring butter, sugar, and milk to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
  • 7
    Cool cake in pan on wire rack 5 minutes. Flip cake onto a cake plate. Poke holes with a toothpick in top of cake. Pour slightly cooled butter sauce over cake while hot.

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