Lucy'S Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 envelopes dream whip
1 half pound can crushed pineapple (drained)
3 envelopes Knox gelatin
1 1/2 cups sweet milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 cup pecans (cut up)
1 small bottle cherries (cut up)
1 can angel flake coconut
1 angel food cake
4 Tbsp. cold water
1 cup boiling water

Preparation

Bake angel food cake according to package directions, cool. Dissolve gelatin in 4 Tbsp. cold water, add hot water and stir until dissolved - add pineapple, sugar, lemon juice - put in refrigerator to set or thicken.
Whip 2 envelopes dream whip with 1 cup sweet milk and 1/2 tsp. vanilla - add this to the gelatin mixture - break up angel food cake in large pan - add the gelatin mixture, nuts and cherries, mix thoroughly.
Grease tub pan - spoon mixture into pan and press down.
Chill overnight - ice with 1 package dream whip and 1/2 cup milk.
Spread with coconut and cherries.