Festive Prune Cake Recipe
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Festive Prune Cake

By: Lynn 
"This is a relatively plain cake made moist with prunes and prune juice. Its nice to have slice of this cake for breakfast in the morning."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.7 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (17)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 1 9x13 inch cake or 2-8 inch rounds
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup prune juice
  • 1 cup prunes, cooked and chopped
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch baking pan.
  2. Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice. Set aside.
  3. Cream the shortening with the white sugar. Blend in the eggs one at a time and beat well for 1 minute. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the prune juice. Stir in the prunes and nuts. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until done.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 171 | Total Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 18mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2003 by EMMA64   view full review
This cake tastes great and really is so easy to put together but the directions says to bake...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 8, 2008 by Cookebrooke   view full review
A tasty, moist cake. I followed one reviewer's suggestion and boiled the prunes in prune...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2002 by SHEILA SINGER   view full review
This was a really beautiful cake and was raved about by everyone who tasted it.I cooked it in...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2008 by alo365 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
I have made this once so far, following the review that suggested subbing 2 tablespoons cocoa...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 23, 2008 by mighty moose   view full review
this was delicious and light. too sweet for me though. next time i'll cut the sugar by 1/4 cup...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2010 by Nici   view full review
Delicious! But do cut the sugar by half, since the prunes are very sweet already.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 2, 2009 by judymayree   view full review
I have searched for this recipe for years. My mother used to make it at the holidays and this...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 7, 2007 by Koye   view full review
I made this today and asked my family what they thought some of the ingedients were. No one...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 30, 2008 by Karen W   view full review
I adapted this to work with my amish cinnamon bread starter. So rich, and so delicious!
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2012 by Melanie   view full review
This yields a flavorful and moist cake. For the cooked prunes, I removed the pits and chopped...

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