Best Oh So Sad Prune Frosting Recipes

PRUNE CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 F and grease a 9 x 13 in baking pan.
• Place prunes in small saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil; cook until soft and mashable (about 8 min).
• Drain water and mash prunes (ok to leave some chunks behind), set aside.
• For cake, mix together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice.
• In separate bowl, mix together sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla.
• Combine wet and dry ingredients and splash in buttermild.
• Stir until just combined (will be slightly lumpy).
• Add mashed prunes.
• Pour into baking pan and bake at 300 F for 35 to 40 minute.
• When cake has about 5 min left to bake, make icing: combine butter, baking soda, corn syrup, and vanilla in medium saucepan and stir to combine.
• Bring to a slow boil over med-high heat.
• Continue boiling until it turns a light caramel color (5-7 min) -- should be pourable but not firm and sticky.
• Pull cake out of oven.
• While cake is still warm, pour icing evenly over top -- work fast, it will soak into cake quickly.
• Spread to coat evenly and serve immediately.

INY'S PRUNE CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK ICING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F and butter a 9- by 13-inch baking pan.
• Place the prunes in a small saucepan. Cover them with water. Bring to a low boil and cook until soft and mashable, about 8 minutes.
• Drain the water and mash the prunes on a plate. It's okay to leave little chunks behind. Set the prunes aside and make the cake.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mmmm... smells like the holidays.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the oil, sugar, vanilla and eggs.
• Combine the wet and dry ingredients and splash in the buttermilk. Stir until just combined. The mixture will be slightly lumpy.
• Now throw in the mashed prunes. And if your honey walks in as you're completing this step, shield the bowl with your body and stir quickly. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.
• Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Grandma Iny was adamant: do not over bake the cake. You want it to be nice and moist.
• When the cake has about 5 minutes left to bake, make the icing: Combine the sugar, buttermilk, butter, corn syrup, baking soda and vanilla in a medium saucepan. Stir to combine. Bring to a slow boil over medium-high heat. No need to stir. Continue boiling until the icing turns a light caramel color, 5 to 7 minutes. Important: The icing should be the color of caramel, but not yet firm and sticky. It needs to be pourable.
• Pull the cake out of the oven. Try not to faint, as it smells absolutely divine.
• While the cake is very warm, pour the icing evenly over the top. Work fast, as it will quickly start to soak into the cake.
• Spread the coat evenly ... then please, do yourself a favor: lick the spatula. It'll make you smile. Serve immediately, or feel free to let the cake sit on the counter for a while before serving. It only gets better with age.
• Helpful hint: serve without revealing the fact that the cake contains prunes.

OH SO SAD PRUNE CAKE....

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F. Lightly grease & flour cake pan.
• Sift together the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl dissoivle the baking soda in the prune juice.
• In a medium bowl cream the butter with the egg yolks & then add it to the large bowl.
• Then add in the prune juice mixture, add in the mashed prunes to the large bowl & mix well.
• Pour into the cake pan. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Let cool for 10 mins.
• Remove from pan, cool fully & frost with "Prune Frosting".