Holiday Fruit Cocktail Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat to 325*.
• Combine cake mix, fruit cocktail with juices, 1 cup of coconut and eggs in a large mixer bowl.
• Blend, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour batter into greased 9x13 pan, or two 8x8 pans.
• Sprinkle batter evenly with remaining 1/2 cup of coconut, and then 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
• Bake at 325* for 45 min (if 9x13 pan; about 30-35 min for two pans).
• Serve warm or room temp; stays moist for several days.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; mix well. Pour into a 13x9-in. pan and sprinkle with topping ingredients. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes. Meanwhile, combine all sauce ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. When cake is done and still warm, pour sauce over cake. Cool to room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x9 inch square baking pan.
• Combine the flour, white sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla and undrained fruit cocktail. Mix until blended. Pour batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the top with the brown sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until golden brown and firm.

Steps:

• Stir together dried fruit, candied ginger, peel, and 1/2 cup liqueur. Let stand at room temperature 3 hours or overnight.
• Cut parchment paper to line the bottom of a 7-by-3-inch or 9-by-2-inch round cake pan. Coat pan with cooking spray; line with parchment. Spray lining. Flour pan; tap out excess.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, spices, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle; mix on medium speed until smooth. Mix in eggs (1 at a time), molasses, and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture; mix until smooth. Mix in fruit, nuts, and coconut.
• Pour batter into pan. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 2 1/2 hours for 9-inch cake or 2 3/4 hours for 7-inch cake. If desired, brush with up to 1/2 cup liqueur. Unmold; let cool.

Steps:

• Drain the fruit, beating the juice with the egg till creamy.
• Add the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
• Fold in the fruit.
• Pour into a greased 8 x 8 inch pan. Top with nuts and brown sugar.
• Bake for 35 minute at 350.
• Serve with dollops of fresh whipped cream.

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.

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Beat sugar, eggs and oil together.
• Add flour, salt and baking soda.
• Add fruit cocktail with the juice; mix well.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13x2 inch pan. I use Kittencal's professional pan coating.
• Sprinkle coconut over batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.
• FROSTING:.
• Place butter, sugar and evaporated milk in a medium size saucepan.
• Bring to a boil,stirring constantly, for 5 to 6 minutes or until it begins to thicken.
• Remove from heat.
• Add vanilla extract, coconut and nuts.
• Spread mixture onto cake while both are still hot.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.