Melt butter and pour into 8 inch square pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and arrange over brown sugar the fruit cocktail. Set aside and prepare cake batter. Gradually add sugar to shortening, creaming until fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk and vanilla, beating well after each addition. Spread over fruit cocktail in pan and bake in preheated oven at 350ºF. for 50-60 minutes. Let stand in pan 5 minutes, then turn out upside-down on serving plate. Serve warm with whipped cream. Serves 6-8.

Fruit Cocktail Upside Down Cake 2

1 package of Duncan Hines lemon supreme cake mix
1/2 cup of butter or margarine (1 stick)
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of fruit cocktail, drained (1 lb. 12 oz. can)
Whipped cream; optional

Melt butter in 13 x 9 inch pan. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly in pan. Drain fruit cup. Arrange fruit in sugar mixture. Mix cake as directed on back. Spread batter over fruit. Bake at 350ºF. for 40-45 minutes until cake tests clean with toothpick. Let stand 5 minutes for topping to set. Turn upside down on platter. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.