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

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch glass baking pan/dish.
2. Mix together the sugar, eggs, flour, fruit cocktail, and baking soda. Pour into the prepared pan or baking dish.
3. Combine the brown sugar and nuts; sprinkle over the top of the batter.