Festive Prune Cake

This is a relatively plain cake made moist with prunes and prune juice. Its nice to have slice of this cake for breakfast in the morning.

• Calories: 171 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup prune juice
• 1 cup prunes, cooked and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch baking pan.

Step 2

Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice. Set aside.

Step 3

Cream the shortening with the white sugar. Blend in the eggs one at a time and beat well for 1 minute. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the prune juice. Stir in the prunes and nuts. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 4

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until done.