Prune Cake

By Hklbrries

Soak prunes briefly in boiling water so they can be chopped or torn apart easily by hand after they are drained and cooled.

The baking powder causes the icing to foam while cooking.

Mary Prieto says, "In 1966, my mother-in-law gave me this recipe. Friend, neighbors and family love it."

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup bite-sized pitted prunes, chopped
• Frosting:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Beat eggs in a medium bowl. Add sugar and beat well. Mix in oil. In a small bowl, dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Sift flour, salt, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture to egg mixture. Fold in prunes.

Pour batter into pan and bake about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

To prepare the frosting, combine sugar, baking soda, buttermilk, butter and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Poke holes in cake with a fork or long toothpick and pour frosting over cake while both are still warm.