Description
No one will believe that this cake is made with dried plums. It came from my grandmother and is easy to make and delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- ½ cup canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup pitted prunes, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup chopped pecans (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 11×9-inch pan.
- Blend sugar and canola oil together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Add eggs
- flour
- prunes
- allspice
- baking soda
- and salt; mix well. Add buttermilk
- pecans
- and vanilla extract and combine. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- about 45 minutes.
- While cake is baking
- mix buttermilk
- sugar
- butter
- and vanilla extract together in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until it begins to thicken
- about 5 minutes. Pour glaze over cake when it comes out of the oven.
- Let glazed cake cool completely
- about 30 minutes. Cut into squares.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 12