HOLIDAY FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE

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Make and share this Holiday Fruit Cocktail Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Diana Adcock

Categories Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 well beaten eggs
1 (17 ounce) can fruit cocktail, juice included
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2/3 cup canned evaporated milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

Mix together by hand the flour, sugar, soda, salt, eggs and fruit cocktail with juice.
Do not over mix and do not beat.
Pour into a 9x13 cake pan sprayed with pam.
Sprinkle 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped pecans over top of cake.
Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.
Remove and place on a rack to cool.
While cooling (15 minutes) in a medium pan bring to a slow boil the evaporated milk, sugar and butter.
Once the butter is melted and the slow boil is reached remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
With a carving fork poke"lots" of holes in the cake and slowly pour butter sauce evenly all through cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4912.7, Fat 156.8, SaturatedFat 73, Cholesterol 716, Sodium 4729.8, Carbohydrate 845.9, Fiber 16.8, Sugar 627, Protein 57.8