Prune Cake



INGREDIENTS:

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup cooked, pitted prunes

1 cup walnuts

1 cup vegetable oil 	1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing (see below)

Icing:

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon soda 	1/3 cup butter

1 tablespoon white syrup

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

1. Blend sugar and oil, add eggs and mix well. Sift all
dry ingredients together and mix into batter, alternating
with milk. Add prunes, nuts, and vanilla. Pour into an
ungreased 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 1 hour at 325°. Leave cake
in pan and while still hot punch holes into cake with a
fork. Pour the following icing over immediately. (Punch
holes entire length of fork tines.)

2. Boil above ingredients (Icing) until it forms a soft
ball. Pour over cake immediately. Do not overcook. Begin
making icing about 15 minutes before cake is done so it
will be ready to pour over hot cake.



Prune Cake