Christmas Prune Spice Cake

Many people enjoy eating and sharing prune cake at Christmas time. In many homes, it is a family tradition. If you’ve never tried a prune cake, or you have never found a prune cake recipe you liked, you’re in for a treat. It’s moist and delicious.

1 ¼ cups cooked prunes
½ cup shortening
1 ½ cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs, beaten
2 ½ cups sifted cake flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon each:
baking powder
soda
allspice
cloves
cinnamon
½ teaspoon ginger
1 cup buttermilk

Cut pitted prunes into small pieces to make 1 cup pulp after cooking.

Cream shortening and sugar; blend in eggs.

Sift dry ingredients together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Blend in prunes and mix thoroughly.

Bake in 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans at 350° about 25 to 35 minutes.

Cool and frost.

Seafoam Frosting

1 egg white
¾ cup light brown sugar
2 ½ tablespoons water
½ teaspoon vanilla

Combine all ingredients except vanilla in top of double boiler. Beat with mixer 4 to 5 minutes or until mixture forms stiff peaks. Add vanilla.

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