Fruit Cocktail Pudding

• 410 g canned fruit
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 4 tablespoons butter

1. Pudding.
2. preheat oven to 180%C.
3. Mix the self raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, and sugar together.
4. Add the canned cocktail fruit and eggs mix well.
5. Pour the mixture into a greased dish and bake for 30 minutes.
6. While the pudding is baking make the sauce.
7. Sauce.
8. Put the sugar, coconut, milk, vanilla essence and butter into a saucepan boil together for 5 minutes.
9. As soon as the pudding comes out of the oven, prick the pudding with a large prong fork and pour the hot sauce over.
10. The sauce will be absorbed by the pudding.
11. Serve the pudding hot.

flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, salt, eggs, sugar, coconut, milk, vanilla essence, butter

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fruit-cocktail-pudding-367155 (may not work)