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Texas Tornado Cake Recipe

May 3, 2014 by Lisa Pinney

I had not made one of these in years… 
So glad it came my way again!


Texas Tornado Cake 

Cake:
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups cake flour
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups fruit cocktail with syrup (16 oz can)
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup brown sugar

With your mixer combine all the ingredients.
Pour into a 9 x 13 pan sprayed with non-stick spray.  
Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.  

Topping:
1 stick butter
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream 
Combine icing ingredients in saucepan and boil for 2 minutes. 
 Pour over cake while hot and spread gently.  
Let cool slightly and cut into squares.   **********
The delicious ingredients…


In your mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar and brown sugar…


the eggs…


the baking soda…


fruit cocktail…


the pecans…

Mix at medium speed until all combined….


Pour into your sprayed 13 x 9 pan…


After 40 minutes, it will be brown and beautiful like this!



Let’s make the topping…


Put the topping ingredients in a saucepan…


Over medium high heat, melt the ingredients…


Simmer for 2 minutes…


Pour over the warm cake…


Cook and cut into these glorious, warm gooey, wonderful squares…
Enjoy!

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Texas Tornado Cake Recipe

  • Author: Lisa Pinney

Ingredients

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Cake:
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups cake flour
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups fruit cocktail with syrup (16 oz can)
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup brown sugar

Topping:
1 stick butter
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

The Cake:

With your mixer combine all the ingredients.
Pour into a 9 x 13 pan sprayed with non-stick spray.
Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.

Topping:

Combine topping ingredients in saucepan and boil for 2 minutes.
Pour over cake while hot and spread gently.

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