Old Fashioned Prune Cake recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable oil 3 eggs 1 ½ 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 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup prunes, pitted and chopped 1 ½ cups chopped pecans ¾ cup butter ¾ cup buttermilk 1 ½ teaspoons dark corn syrup 1 ½ cups white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Nutrition Info
- 701.5 caloriescarbohydrate: 79.7 gcholesterol: 78.4 mgfat: 41.6 gfiber: 3.1 gprotein: 6.7 gsaturatedFat: 11.2 gservingSize: -sodium: 438.1 mgsugar: 58.9 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Old Fashioned Prune Cake
Directions
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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.