Fruit Cocktail Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

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

Recipe

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