Ingredients
FRIENDSHIP CAKE STARTER
1 (16 oz.) can fruit cocktail in syrup
1 (16 oz.) can peaches in syrup
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 (20 oz.) can pineapple tidbits
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 (8 oz.) jar maraschino cherries
2 1/2 cup sugar
FRIENDSHIP CAKE:
1 (2 layer) pkg. white cake mix
1 small Box vanilla instant pudding
2/3 cup vegetable oil
4 Egg whites
1 1/2 cup Fruit only…no juice
1 cup chopped pecans
powdered sugar for dusting
Preparation
FRIENDSHIP CAKE STARTER Combine fruit cocktail with juice, peaches with juice and 2 1/2 cups sugar in large jar. Stir with wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved, cover loosely ~ don’t close the lid completely. It will explode. Let stand at room temperature. Stir once each day for 10 days. Add pineapple with juice and 2 1/2 cups sugar, mix well. Stir once each day for 10 days. Add cherries (cut in half) with juice and remaining 2 1/2 cups sugar, mix well. Stir once each day for 10 days. Remove fruit and store in a covered plastic container in refrigerator. Store starter juice in covered plastic container in refrigerator. May store in refrigerator indefinitely. Fruit Yields enough for 3 cakes. To start the process again start with 1 1/2 cups of starter juice an add the fruit & surgar in the order given above. Give 1 1/2 cups of starter juice to 2 friends.
For Cake mix all cake ingredients. Place in a oiled & floured bundt pan. Bake in a 300 degree F oven for one hour. When cooled, dust with powdered surgar or frost with crean cheese frosting.
