Texas Tornado Cake
Description
Make this quick and economical cake in a jiffy. It is so simple and delicious. It is prepared with unbleached flour and fruit cocktail in the cake, topped off with brown sugar and nuts and then a marvelous boiled coconut icing that is to die for.
Ingredients
1 ½ c. sugar
2 eggs
2 c. UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
2 c.(16 oz. can) fruit cocktail, with syrup
2 t. baking soda
¼ c. brown sugar
1 c. chopped nuts
Boiled Coconut Icing:
1 stick butter
1 c. coconut
¾ c. brown sugar
½ c. evaporated milk or half-and-half, not regular milk
Directions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch glass baking pan/dish.
Mix together the sugar, eggs, flour, fruit cocktail, and baking soda. Pour into the prepared pan or baking dish.
Combine the brown sugar and nuts; sprinkle over the top of the batter.
Bake 40 minutes.
While the cake is baking, make the icing.
Boiled Coconut Icing:
Combine icing ingredients in a saucepan; boil for 2 minutes.
Spread icing on the cake while still hot.
Let cool; cut into squares.
Makes 15 servings.