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Old Fashioned Prune Cake recipe

1 servings

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

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions:

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.

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.