Old Fashioned Prune Cake recipe

Name: Old Fashioned Prune Cake
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 ½ cups white sugar; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; ¾ cup butter; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup vegetable oil; ¾ cup buttermilk; 1 ½ cups chopped pecans; 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup prunes, pitted and chopped; 1 ½ teaspoons dark corn syrup

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour Bundt or tube pan.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, mix together flour, soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

Step 3

In a large bowl, combine oil, eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

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.

Step 6

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.

Step 7

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.