Lucky Friend Cake

Lucky Friend Cake

By: Cristie Will

12 OUNCES EQUALS HOW MANY CUPS

Ingredients:

1-gallon Jar with lid

32-ounces Fruit cocktail, canned

16-ounces Peaches, canned

10-ounces Maraschino cherries

16-ounces Pineapple, crushed canned

32-ounces Fruit cocktail, canned

4-boxes Yellow cake mixes

4-large boxes Vanilla instant pudding

1½-dozen Eggs

2-cups Pecans

5-pounds Sugar

3-cups Oil

1-wooden Spoon

2-cups Walnuts

Instructions:

Take gallon jar and add juice from one can of fruit cocktail and add enough water to make 1½ cups of starter juice and pour juice in jar, add 2½ cups sugar and 16 ounces of peaches chopped with juice. Stir everyday for 10 days with wooden spoon; after 10 days add to jar, 2½ cups sugar and 16 ounces of pineapple and juice. Stir everyday for 10 days with wooden spoon. After 10 more days add 2½ cups of sugar, 16 ounces of fruit cocktail with juice and 10 ounces of maraschino cherries cut in half with juice. Stir everyday for 10 days with wooden spoon.

Bake Cakes: Drain juice off fruit, you will have 5 starters, 1½ cups each, 4 starters for cakes and 1 for a friend. Divide fruit into 4 equal parts for 4 cakes. For each cake, you will need 1 part fruit, 1 cake mix, 4 eggs, 1 box pudding, and ⅔ cups oil, ½ cup of pecans and ½ cup of walnuts. Beat all together. Bake in a well greased and floured bundt cake pan. Bake at 350° for 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out on cake rack or plate. Wrap in plastic wrap, ice or store in refrigerator.

Makes 4 cakes; each cake serves 8

Note: This is categorically good with chocolate pudding.

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Lucky Friend Cake

12 OUNCES EQUALS HOW MANY CUPS