Title

Prune Cake

Subject

flour

nutmeg

cinnamon

salt

baking soda

Crisco

buttermilk

prunes

sugar

eggs

corn syrup

vanilla

butter

Description

PRUNE CAKE

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
3/4 cup crisco
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup cooked prunes (not to soft)
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
Cream crisco and sugar, add eggs sift dry
ingredients together and add alternately
with milk. Stir in nuts and chopped prunes
by hand. Bake in long pan 40 or 45 min.

ICING
ICING
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup butter milk
Mix all ingredients together in sauce pan
and cook till it forms soft ball when
dropped in cold water.

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# Prune Cake

## Ingredients

### Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup Crisco
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup cooked prunes (not too soft)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs

### Icing
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter
- 1 Tbsp corn syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup buttermilk

## Instructions

### Cake
1. Cream Crisco and sugar together.
2. Add eggs.
3. Sift dry ingredients together.
4. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
5. Stir in nuts and chopped prunes by hand.
6. Bake in a long pan 40 or 45 minutes.

### Icing
1. Mix all ingredients together in a saucepan.
2. Cook until mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water.

### Assembly
1. Apply icing to cooled cake.

Source

RCA0007 - Vintage Handwritten Recipe Card Collection w/ Metal Recipe Box 60+ Recipes (eBay)

Date

1950s

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Typed recipe card

Identifier

RCA0007-20260618-0018

Coverage

Idaho, US