Punch Bowl Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix
2 (4 oz.) boxes instant vanilla pudding, mix and chill
3 bananas
2 cans cherry pie filling
2 (16 oz.) cans fruit cocktail, drained
1 c. pecans
2 (6 oz.) cans coconut
2 (8 oz.) containers Cool Whip
2 cans crushed pineapple, drained

Preparation

Bake cake according to directions in 2 round pans.
Cool. Using a 6-quart punch bowl, place 1 cake layer (broken) in bowl. Add 1/2 of each of the other ingredients in this order:
pudding, bananas, pie filling, fruit cocktail, pineapple, nuts, coconut and Cool Whip.
Repeat layers; chill.
Decorate with maraschino cherries and nuts, if desired.