Joyce's Fabulous Fruit Cocktail Cake

This recipe has been in my family for years. No matter where I've made it everyone wants the recipe. I love it because it looks so finished straight from the oven. No need to cool and frost.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 slices

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄4 cup  oil
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1 (16 ounce) can  fruit cocktail
• 1⁄2 cup coconut
• 1⁄2 cup margarine or 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup coconut
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Beat together sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
2. Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda.
3. Add fruit cocktail, mix well.
4. Pour in 9x13 inch pan.
5. Sprinkle coconut over batter.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
7. Just before removing cake from oven, bring margarine, sugar, and milk to boil in small saucepan for one minute.
8. Remove from heat.
9. Add coconut, chopped nuts, and vanilla.
10. Spread at once over hot cake.