Old Fashioned Prune Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup prunes, pitted and chopped
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dark corn syrup
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour bundt or tube pan.
• in a medium bowl, mix together flour, soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. set aside.
• in a large bowl, combine oil, eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar. beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• add flour mixture, alternating with 1 cup buttermilk, starting and ending with dry ingredients. beat well after each addition. stir in prunes, pecans and 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
• pour into greased and floured bundt or tube pan and bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
• make large, deep holes in hot cake and pour topping in holes and on top of cake a little at a time, giving it time to soak in.
• for the topping: in saucepan, over medium heat, cook butter, 3/4 cup buttermilk, corn syrup and 1 1/2 cup sugar until sugar and butter melt. remove from heat and add 2 teaspoons vanilla and stir.