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Cookbook Recipes
Title: Fruit Cocktail Cake
Author: Cheryl Elmer (Reatha's Daughter)
Ingredients: 2 c Flour
1 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Soda
2 well-beaten Eggs
1/2 c Oil
1 can (15-16 oz) Fruit Cocktail, including juice
1 c Coconut
Method: Mix all but coconut in bowl. Pour into 9 x 13 " pan. Sprinkle coconut on top of cake. Bake for 45 min at 350. Immediately after removing from oven, poke several places with fork and pour boiled topping on cake.

Wait to prepare the topping until nearly time to remove cake from oven.

Ingredients: TOPPING:
1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Evaporated Milk
3/4 c Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
Method: Boil one minute, pour over baked cake.