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) |
| 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.) Icing:
|
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon soda |
1/3 cup butter
1 tablespoon white syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla |
| Boil above
ingredients 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. |