Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2012 12:16:37 GMT -5
Fantastic recipe that I use canned purple plums in rather than having to treat them as directed here. I'm told you can use prune baby food, too, but I prefer the canned fruit.
Recipe: Grandma’s Prune Cake
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
1 cup Prunes
1 cup Sugar
3 whole Eggs
1 cup Canola Oil
1-1/2 cup Flour, Sifted
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 cup Pet milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
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FOR THE ICING:
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Pet milk
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Tablespoon White Corn Syrup
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Cover prunes with water. Bring to a boil and cook until soft and mashable, about eight minutes. Remove from heat, drain water, and mash on a plate. Set aside.
Mix together oil, sugar, and eggs. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Combine wet and dry ingredients, add milk and vanilla and stir gently until just combined. Throw in the mashed prunes and stir gently to combine. DO NOT OVERMIX!
Pour batter into buttered baking dish (9 x 13 or so) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
While cake has five minutes remaining, make the icing:
Combine all icing ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat and bring to a slow boil. Boil without stirring for 5 to 7 minutes, or until icing starts to turn dark. Do NOT allow icing to reach soft ball stage; icing should be caramel in color, but not sticky like caramel. Icing should be easily pourable.
Remove cake from oven and pour on icing immediately.
Serve warm.
Recipe: Grandma’s Prune Cake
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
1 cup Prunes
1 cup Sugar
3 whole Eggs
1 cup Canola Oil
1-1/2 cup Flour, Sifted
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 cup Pet milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
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FOR THE ICING:
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Pet milk
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Tablespoon White Corn Syrup
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Cover prunes with water. Bring to a boil and cook until soft and mashable, about eight minutes. Remove from heat, drain water, and mash on a plate. Set aside.
Mix together oil, sugar, and eggs. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Combine wet and dry ingredients, add milk and vanilla and stir gently until just combined. Throw in the mashed prunes and stir gently to combine. DO NOT OVERMIX!
Pour batter into buttered baking dish (9 x 13 or so) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
While cake has five minutes remaining, make the icing:
Combine all icing ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat and bring to a slow boil. Boil without stirring for 5 to 7 minutes, or until icing starts to turn dark. Do NOT allow icing to reach soft ball stage; icing should be caramel in color, but not sticky like caramel. Icing should be easily pourable.
Remove cake from oven and pour on icing immediately.
Serve warm.
