Prune Cake

Name: Prune Cake
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 2 Tbsps corn syrup, such as Karo; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 118 milliliters margarine; 355 milliliters chopped pecans; 237 milliliters pitted prunes; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters vegetable oil; 118 milliliters water; 237 milliliters white sugar

Prune Cake requires about 1 hour and 25 minutes from start to finish. For $1.07 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 10. One serving contains 450 calories, 6g of protein, and 24g of fat. A mixture of baking soda, eggs, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Combine prunes and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until prunes are tender, about 5 minutes.

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Prunes

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt®).

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All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Frying Pan

Mix flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, allspice, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt together in a mixing bowl.

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Baking Soda

Allspice

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Combine vegetable oil, 1 cup buttermilk, and eggs in a separate bowl; pour them into the flour mixture.

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Vegetable Oil

Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Bowl

Mix until fully incorporated. Use an electric mixer to blend in the drained prunes; the mixer will break them up a bit. Stir in the chopped pecans.

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Pecan Pieces

Prunes

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Hand Mixer

Blender

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cake from oven and allow it to cool for at least 10 minutes on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

To make icing, combine 1 cup sugar, margarine, 1/2 cup buttermilk, vanilla extract, and corn syrup in a saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil for a full 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Vanilla Extract