Baby'S Favorite Prune Cake
- 1/2 cup margarine, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 12 ounces prune baby food (applesauce could be substituted)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon clove
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 cups pitted prunes, snipped into raisin-sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons sorghum molasses
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease 13x9x2" cake pan, and set aside.
- Cream together margarine and sugar until well blended; add lightly beaten eggs and mix well.
- Add prune baby food and molasses to sugar/egg mix and blend well.
- In a large bowl, sift together dry ingredients except nuts and prunes.
- Add to dry ingredients and stir until moistened.
- Add nuts and prunes and fold into batter.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in 325 degree oven for approximately 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out pretty clean.
- Serve plain, as a snacking cake, or for a sweeter touch, sift confectioners sugar over cake; or make a glaze of confectioners sugar and milk to a drizzling consistency and drizzle over cake.
- Tastes good plain though.
margarine, light brown sugar, eggs, baby food, baking soda, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, salt, walnuts, prunes, sorghum molasses
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/babys-favorite-prune-cake-25355 (may not work)