fruit cocktail cake

How To Make fruit cocktail cake

• Step 1
  preheat oven to 350.
• Step 2
  spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (i like the kind that has flour in it).
• Step 3
  in a medium bowl, mix together all the cake ingredients at low speed using a stand or handheld electric mixer until thoroughly combined.
• Step 4
  if you want to keep your fruit cocktail chunky in the batter, then add it in last after mixing all the other ingredients.
• Step 5
  pour cake into baking pan.
• Step 6
  bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes (oven time very so check after 30 minutes).
• Step 7
  when done, cake should spring back to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. using a fork, poke a few holes in the cake. now make the sauce.
• Step 8
  combine all the sauce ingredients in a medium saucepan. note: i don't like my chopped pecans to be to big on top of the cake so sometimes i will crush them down to slightly smaller pieces.
• Step 9
  turn the heat up and bring it all to a boil for 1 minute.
• Step 10
  make sure you spread out the coconut and pecans evenly over the cake.
• Step 11
  now dig in. i especially love to eat this cake while it is still warm. but it is good at room temperature to.
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