Punch Bowl Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large pound cake (i.e., Sara Lee)
2 pkg. frozen strawberries with juice
2 cans crushed pineapple
some bananas for slicing
2 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1 large Cool Whip
sliced cherries (for garnish)
pecans (for garnish)

Preparation

Make instant pudding.
Put aside and allow to gel.
Slice pound cake.
Layer ingredients in punch bowl in following order: pound cake, strawberries with some juice, crushed pineapple with some juice, spoon some pudding over the pineapple and place banana slices over pudding.
Continue making layers until within 2 to 3 inches of top of bowl.
Fill in top space with Cool Whip.
Garnish with sliced cherries and pecan halves.