"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:11:02 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
>>On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 3:58:48 PM UTC-6, Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a dessert recipe that uses a boxed yellow cake mix
>>> and no nuts or chocolate? I got the cake last fall to do some recipe
>>> and then my husband got his kidney stone. After that no nuts and no
>>> chocolate. It can be as hokey as you please. We're both from the
>>> mid-west and have probably seen it all before. Wasn't there a cake
>>> mix recipe at one time that used canned fruit?
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>
>>I've had the one with the canned fruit cocktail and for the life of me I
>>can't remember the exact steps or what it's called (fruit cocktail cake?).
>>I'm a lot of help, aren't I?
>>
>>Then there's the old recipe from the 60's-70's called a 'poke cake.'
>>Holes are poked into a 9 x 13 prepared cake with the handle of a wooden
>>spoon. Prepared Jell-O, flavor of your choice, is poured over the cake and
>>refrigerated until the Jell-O is set. Frost with Dream Whip or if you're
>>brave, Cool Whip.
>
> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
> cake. It sounds good too. It calls for a can of fruit. Do you think
> I could make it with frozen mango? Or fresh apple? I am wondering if
> the mango would be too juicy and the apple not enough.
> I'm definitely going to try the dump cake.
> surprisingly, when I found recipes for fruit cocktail cake, they were
> made from scratch not a mix.
> Thanks for the ideas.
> Another Dump Cake
>
> 1 can fruit*
> 1 Jiffy Cake Mix -- (or 1/2 of a normal
> -- cake mix)
> 1/4 cup butter
>
> * (pie filling, canned fruit, or enough fresh fruit to cover the
> bottom of the
> pan nicely) Pour fruit into the bottom of and 8x8? pan. Sprinkle cake
> mix on to
> p of fruit (I usually use a small spoon to cover all the corners
> well) and then
> cut and place small pats of butter over the top of the cake mix.
> Bake at 350 u
> ntil golden brown. For a 13 x 9 pan I just double the recipe. Notes:
> I have fou
> nd if you leave a small amount of juice from the canned fruit in the
> pan, it he
> lps make a nicer crust and juicer fil
> ling.
> Janet US

I don't know about mango but I hate mango! You could use the apples but I
would cook them first with some cinnamon and brown sugar. And hmmm... I
may have given you the wrong proportions on the butter. Perhaps I used half
a stick for the single layer cake and the whole one for a double layer. I
haven't made it for many years. I did like it but nobody else in the house
did. It's really pretty sweet and rich.