Thursday, December 31, 2009

Do you have any prune cake recipes?

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.

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