Fruit Cocktail Pudding

This recipe comes from my mother, she always made this when I was a child. It is one of my favorite puddings, I make this pudding very, often as it is quick and very, very, very easy to make. I use a can of fruit that has a little bit of everything in it, such as cherries,grapes, peaches, pears, pineapple and guavas. One could use any fruit, however I find a can of mixed fruit is the secret to this pudding

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 1 medium pudding

Ingredients

• 410  g  canned fruit
• 2  cups self raising flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1  teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup coconut
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence
• 4  tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Pudding.
2. preheat oven to 180%C.
3. Mix the self raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, and sugar together.
4. Add the canned cocktail fruit and eggs mix well.
5. Pour the mixture into a greased dish and bake for 30 minutes.
6. While the pudding is baking make the sauce.
7. Sauce.
8. Put the sugar, coconut, milk, vanilla essence and butter into a saucepan boil together for 5 minutes.
9. As soon as the pudding comes out of the oven, prick the pudding with a large prong fork and pour the hot sauce over.
10. The sauce will be absorbed by the pudding.
11. Serve the pudding hot.