Dried Plum Cake

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 11×9-inch pan.
  2. Blend sugar and canola oil together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Add eggs
  3. flour
  4. prunes
  5. allspice
  6. baking soda
  7. and salt; mix well. Add buttermilk
  8. pecans
  9. and vanilla extract and combine. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  11. about 45 minutes.
  12. While cake is baking
  13. mix buttermilk
  14. sugar
  15. butter
  16. and vanilla extract together in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until it begins to thicken
  17. about 5 minutes. Pour glaze over cake when it comes out of the oven.
  18. Let glazed cake cool completely
  19. about 30 minutes. Cut into squares.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 50 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Servings: 12

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