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OLD FASHIONED PRUNE CAKE

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Old Fashioned Prune Cake

This is a very moist and rich cake. My husband's Aunt Linda make this every year for Christmas Eve get-to-gather. He looks forward to it, his year is not whole without this cake.

 



This recipe goes with: Prune Cake Topping

CATEGORIES

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

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.


RECIPE BACKSTORY

This is a very moist and rich cake. My husband's Aunt Linda make this every year for Christmas Eve get-to-gather. He looks forward to it, his year is not whole without this cake.

RECIPE REVIEWS

Dec/09/2007 03:12 pm kollafidrildi
Thanks for this great recipie! I can´t wait to try it out!

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