Easy Fruit Cocktail Cake Recipe – and a new friend in the cottage garden
My granny used to make this wonderful recipe for us. This is a very simple cake using a can of fruit cocktail and a few other ingredients – and it is unbelievably moist & delicious!
FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE
2 c. unsifted flour
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 scant tsp. soda
Pinch of salt
2 beaten eggs
1 (1 lb.) can fruit cocktail
1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together flour, sugar, soda, and salt. Add remaining ingredients. Beat well. Bake in greased and floured 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan at 300 degrees for 50 minutes. While cake is hot, pour icing over it. This cake freezes well. If cake batter looks thin, add a little more flour. Some fruit cocktail has more juice than others. Ice with Fruit Cocktail Cake Icing.
ICING FOR FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE
1 stick butter
1/2 c. evaporated milk
1 c. sugar
1 c. coconut
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
Cook together the ingredients. Pour over cake as soon as you take it out of oven.
*Pictured above – a new little friend in our cottage garden! I was coming out of my front door, and there he was… this beautiful little orange salamander having a peek around the garden! We couldn’t resist this little photo opp before sending him on his merry way 
11 Responses to “Easy Fruit Cocktail Cake Recipe – and a new friend in the cottage garden”
Cheryl Hong on July 4, 2007
Pearl,
I wanted to tell you I really look forward to receiving your newsletter with craft tips, recipes and stories about your family life. Do you have pictures of your home and land that you can share?
We’re looking to buy land to build a small cottage. I think it would be a great inspiration.
Thanks again for sharing with us.
Cheryl
Nancy on July 4, 2007
This is just odd enough, I might have to try it! A friend made a cake once with sauerkraut! I bet this is really moist. Nancy
Louise on July 5, 2007
Oh yes, chocolate cake with sauerkraut is delicious. My sister makes “pumpkin” pie with mashed carrots and you cannot tell the difference.
I also enjoy getting this newsletter. I hope you continue for many years to come.
Thank you.
Louise from Alberta, Canada
Admin on September 17, 2007
Wow – that chocolate cake recipe sounds different, but I’d love to try it! And we all love pumkin pie – so the pumkin / carrot recipe would be wonderful!
michele on July 10, 2007
that sounds so good & so much like summer. I’ll have to make that cake tonight!
admin on July 10, 2007
Let us know how it turns out!
HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs(Kim) on July 20, 2007
Sounds yummy!
Dena on July 21, 2007
Hi Pearl,
I made this sweet little cake last night and I want to thank you so much for sharing this yummy gem! It went over wonderfully with my family and friends
admin on July 21, 2007
I’m so glad that you liked the recipe – and that all of your friends & family enjoyed it as well
There’s one thing better than preparing food & providing nourishment for your family… that’s when they really love it!
Emily on October 28, 2009
I believe this is the recipe I’ve been looking for.It was my favorite cake and the ingrediants look like the same cake. Yummmmm….
I am also looking for a pudding my grandmother made which was made with crackers and peaches. Does anyone have this?
Sunny on December 2, 2010
I am hoping this is the recipe I have been looking for for many years now. (I am probably at least the age of your grandmother!) The ingredients appear the same … it was the yummy addition of the glaze that was the secret. This cake is even better the next day … still moist and delicious.