INGREDIENTS
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup prunes, pitted and chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons dark corn syrup
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour Bundt or tube pan.
In a medium bowl, mix together flour, soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine oil, eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
Add flour mixture, alternating with 1 cup buttermilk, starting and ending with dry ingredients. beat well after each addition. Stir in prunes, pecans and 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
Pour into greased and floured bundt or tube pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
Make large, deep holes in hot cake and pour topping in holes and on top of cake a little at a time, giving it time to soak in.
For the topping: In saucepan, over medium heat, cook butter, 3/4 cup buttermilk, corn syrup and 1 1/2 cup sugar until sugar and butter melt. Remove from heat and add 2 teaspoons vanilla and stir.Do you have any prune cake recipes?
Prune Cake
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups flour
1 t. soda
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. allspice
1/2 t. salt
1 cup cooked prunes, pitted and chopped fine
2 t. vanilla
Blend sugar and oil; add eggs and beat well. Sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Add nuts, prunes, and vanilla. Stir to distribute well through batter. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13x2 pan. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes, or until cake tests done. While cake is baking, prepare sauce and pour it over the cake while it is hot. Leave cake in pan to cool completely.
Sauce
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 t. soda
2 t. vanilla
1/4 to 1/2 cup butter
Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Bring to boil and boil one minute. Pour immediately over cake still hot from the oven. Let cool completely in pan.
Notes: I didn't bother to sift; used only 1/2 t. allspice; used walnuts; chopped prunes and poured boiling water over them and let them plump, then drained well.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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