Old Fashioned Fruit Cocktail Cake made from scratch just like great grandma Rose made. This fruit cocktail cake has a pudding like center and is made with a can of fruit cocktail mix and homemade cake ingredients.
Sift first six dry ingredients into a medium bowl.
In a separate small bowl mix the cooled melted butter, the beaten egg, and the vanilla.
Pour the egg mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients and pour the entire contents of the can of fruit cocktail, juice and all.
Mix with a wooden spoon until completely combined and the fruit cocktail is evenly distributed.
Pour the cake batter into baking dish.
In another small bowl mix the brown sugar and the shredded coconut for the topping. If you would like to add nuts to your topping you can also add 1 cup of chopped nuts. Mix
Sprinkle the topping evenly over the top of the batter.