Fruit Cocktail Cake

Shelese says: I got 2 slightly different recipes for this and tried to combine the 2

Cake:

1 1/2 cups of sugar
2 cups of flour
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 can of fruit cocktail
1 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt

Mix. Put in a 9 by 13 pan.
Sprinkle over the top: 1/2 cup brown sugar and one and  1/2 cup chopped nuts.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min.

Glaze:
3/4 c. sugar
One cube of butter
1/2 cup of canned milk or cream

Boil this for 2 minutes. Pour over cake while cake is warm. When cool top with Whipped Cream or Cool Whip.