Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2007

This was my 1st time making this cake and it was well worth it! It was so easy and a big hit at my house. My personal opinion is, the cake is better the 2nd day. I will definitely make this again!

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2007

When I was making this cake, I thought after putting the Brown sugar and pecans on top of the batter and putting it in the oven that I was absolutely going to hate this cake. First. the only addition that I added to this cake was Lemon Pudding Mix in the Cake mix. There are many versions of this cake and this one I chose to make. IT WAS AWESOME! I thought I had died and gone to heaven. When I made the glaze for the top of the cake, I was sure this cake was not going to work. But I was very wrong. This cake looks really sweet. But it truly is NOT. The glaze melts the brown sugar in the cake. I also poked holes in the cake before I spread the glaze on top of the still warm cake! I brought this to work the next day and they ate it up! I will make this recipe again. Just Great!

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Pamcastle

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Home Town: Selden, New York, USA

Living In: Port Orange, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2007

Very good. Recipe as is except I was out of evaporated milk and I used regular milk, came out great. We did not use the glaze on top, we ate it plain and it was great, sweet enough from the brown sugar on top

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Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2007

THIS RECIPE IS EASY AND DELICIOUS. I HAVE MADE IT FOR MY FRIENDS AT WORK AND EVERYONE LOVES IT. I CHOOSE MAKE ONLY HALF OF THE GLAZE. I USE FRUIT COCKTAIL IN LIGHT SAUCE OR JUICE. I ALWAYS ADD WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING ON TOP! IF YOU HAVE A LUNCHEON, SHOWER OR PARTY TO GO TO THIS IS THE CAKE TO BRING! ENJOY OH AND IT'S SUPER MOIST

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2007

very easy to make, cake was moist which makes it hard to cut. I used a tropical fruit cocktail so cake as a nice color since it has papaya, I also added 2 tsp of rum extract to the white cake mix I used, but can still taste the cake box smell which was very strong. I find it a bit sweet for the cake alone. Did not make the topping, that would make the cake way too sweet. Overall, easy to throw together for a potuluck.

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Dee

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2007

This was really good. I liked the topping but will leave the walnuts out next time, just a personal preference.

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MARIO1

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2006

Excellent..ugly but excellent

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LADYOFZ

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Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2006

Mmmmm. Someone made this for our craft group last week, I loved it and found the recipe on this site. They served it with the whipped topping and it seemed far too sweet (I have a sweet tooth) and it seemed to take away from the cake, so I left that off. My husband is a chocolate cake man and loved the taste of this. I did not have any evaporated milk and had to make my own by reducing down a 1 1/4 cup of milk to a 1/2 cup and I guess that worked because the cake turned out great. I probably would not have tried this combination of ingredients had I not tried the finished product ahead of time. They make for a tasty, moist, rich cake. Thanks for sharing.

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CAROLA316

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Reviewed: Aug. 14, 2006

Sooo good! Everyone had seconds! All I had was "light" fruit cocktail in a can, and it still was awesome. Definately a keeper!!

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Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2006

This is an awesome recipe, the family ate it up and requested another one. I substituted coconut milk since I was out of evaporated milk and it was still awesome. This moist, fruity and yummy cake is now a family favorite.

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2006

Delicious and easy. The only thing I think I would do is double the sauce at the end next time to get more glaze. But perfect nonetheless.

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ANDREASKYE

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Home Town: Mineral Wells, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2004

WONDERFUL!!!! My whole family loved this cake!! I omitted the coconut (didnt have any). When I mixed the fruit,eggs and cake mix all my fruit got blended up. I wanted fruit in the cake so I added a drained can after I put the batter in the pan. I omitted the butter,sugar coconut glaze, frosted with whipped topping and sprinkled more nuts on top. This cake will be baked at my house many many more times!!! Thanks!!

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Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2004

Someone gave me a recipe for this cake and I couldn't find it anymore. This one did the trick. Always a big hit, didn't last long at my house. Will make again. I ran out of milk, and used apple juice and juice from fruit cocktail for about half the liquid...gave it an interesting, extra-fruity flavor.

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