Prune Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup wesson oil
• 3 whole eggs
• 2 tsp, soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup cooked prunes
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 tsp, salt
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 tsp, cinnamon
• nutmeg
• allspice

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar, oil, and eggs one at a time, beating well.

2. 2

   Mix soda with buttermilk.

3. 3

   Add cooked prunes and nuts.

4. 4

   Mix well.

5. 5

   Add flour with spices.

6. 6

   Bake in loaf or tube pan at 350° for 45 minutes or until done.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cook book (Relief Society, Houston, 1963) (1963) by Hardy, Joanne (Artist), page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PRUNE CAKE Ruth Me Lane Mix well: 2 cups sugar 1 cup wesson oil 3 whole eggs, one at a time beating well 2 tsp, soda, mixed in 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup cooked prune s--l cup chopped nut s 1/2 tsp, salt 2 cups flour, sifted Add lastly: 1 tsp, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, with flour. Bake in loaf pan or tube pan at 350° for 45 minutes or until done. Buttermilk Icing Meanwhile start icing cooking when cake has been in oven about 30 minutes, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1/2 tsp, soda, 1 Tbsp, corn syrup (this is very necessary for good icing) , 1/4 cup butter, 1 tsp. vanilla. Combine all in a pan-- Cook over slow flame. Do not beat while it is hot and done-- Spread over cake in pan that it is cooked in--Better still, take toothpick, punch holes over cake then spread icing. CRAZY CHOCOLATE CAKE 11/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 cup salad oil 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tspe soda 3 Tbsp. cocoa 1 Tbsp. vinegar 1 cup milk Sift the dry ingredients together onto a sheet of waxed paper=~Sift again into an ungreased, 8-inch square baking pan, Make three little Hwells!8 in the dry ingredients--Pour the salad oil into the first, vinegar into the second, and vanilla into the third--Add the milk and stir with a fork until the mixture is well blended „ Bake in moderate oven (350) for 30 minutes--Cool , if desired--Frost with the Creamy Chocolate Frosting and garnish with walnut halves-- Makes 8 to 10 servings. Creamy Chocolate Frosting Combine 11/2 cups sifted powdered sugar with 2 Tbsp. cocoa. Blend in 2 Tbsp. melted butter, 1 egg yolk, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and enough cream to make frosting of spreading consistency, one to two Tbsp. UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE Pat Sirrine Melt 1/4 lb. butter, add 1 cup brown sugar--layer of pineapple, dates, nuts- - Simme r while stirring up a plain cake batter- -Place on fruit mixture and bake. 4 Tbsp. shortening, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 c. milk, 11/2 cup flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. vanilla. Salt. 62 DATE CUPCAKES Pat Sirrine 7 3/4 ozo pkg. pitted dates 2 eggs 1 Tbs. butter 1 cup s 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 11/2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup boiling water 1 cup chopped nuts

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