Old Fashioned Prune Cake
Why I Love This Recipe
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.
Ingredients You'll Need
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.
