Prune Cake With Buttermilk Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup prune
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 f and grease a 9 x 13 in baking pan.
• 2 place prunes in small saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil; cook until soft and mashable (about 8 min).
• 3 drain water and mash prunes (ok to leave some chunks behind), set aside.
• 4 for cake, mix together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice.
• 5 in separate bowl, mix together sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla.
• 6 combine wet and dry ingredients and splash in buttermild.
• 7 stir until just combined (will be slightly lumpy).
• 8 add mashed prunes.
• 9 pour into baking pan and bake at 300 f for 35 to 40 minute.
• 10 when cake has about 5 min left to bake, make icing: combine butter, baking soda, corn syrup, and vanilla in medium saucepan and stir to combine.
• 11 bring to a slow boil over med-high heat.
• 12 continue boiling until it turns a light caramel color (5-7 min) -- should be pourable but not firm and sticky.
• 13 pull cake out of oven.
• 14 while cake is still warm, pour icing evenly over top -- work fast, it will soak into cake quickly.
• 15 spread to coat evenly and serve immediately.