Sugar Plum Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup cooked prune, , mashed (, no pits)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2-1 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk, with baking soda added

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 350 degrees.
• 2 mix dry ingredients with nuts, set aside.
• 3 beat eggs.
• 4 stir sugar, oil, and vanilla into beaten eggs.
• 5 stir in half of flour mixture until well blended.
• 6 add buttermilk, blend well.
• 7 add rest of flour mixture, mix well.
• 8 blend in prunes.
• 9 pour into greased pan (s).
• 10 bake 50-60 minutes.
• 11 when done remove cake from oven.
• 12 put all topping ingredients into small saucepan heat on medium and bring to a boil.
• 13 pour 1/2 of mixture over top of cake.
• 14 pull cake away from sides of pan with a spatula or knife to allow liquid to soak in and around cake.
• 15 pour the rest of topping mixture over cake.
• 16 let soak overnight in refrigerator.
• 17 freezes well.