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    Old Fashioned Prune Cake


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    List of 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
    3/4 cup butter
    3/4 cup buttermilk
    1 1/2 teaspoons dark corn syrup
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract

    Recipe



    1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour Bundt or tube pan.

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

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

    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.

    5 Pour into greased and floured bundt or tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.

    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.

    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.


 

 

 


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