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Sugar Plum Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1 c. vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • scant tsp. nutmeg
  • scant tsp. cloves
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • 1 c.pecans chopped
  • small package prunes

Instructions

  1. Put the package of prunes in about 1 cup of water and slowly cook about 20 minutes until the prunes have softened to a kind of mush. Drain any extra water and mash the prunes. Measure out one cup of the cooked prunes to use in this recipe; refrigerate or freeze remainder.
  2. Beat sugar and oil and eggs in electric mixture until fluffy, about 5-7 minutes. Add in the mashed prunes. Mix dry ingredients together and add alternately with the buttermilk, in thirds. Fold in the nuts.
  3. Grease and flour a bundt pan. I would not use cooking spray for this step. Pour batter into greased and floured pan and bake at 325° for one hour. (My cake took about 1 hour 20 minutes. Use cake tester or toothpick to test for doneness.) Remove from oven when done and let rest in pan for 10 minutes before turning out. Drizzle with icing.
  4. Icing:
  5. 1 stick butter
  6. 1 c. sugar
  7. 1/2 c. buttermilk
  8. 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  9. Bring ingredients to a boil. Cool slightly and punch holes in cake and pour icing over cake. Let cool.
  10. Serve with whipped cream on side or just by itself with a cup of tea or coffee.