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Prune and Walnut Butter Spice Cake (shelley Rodgers)
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Servings: 4
Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients:
Here's a vintage recipe for
Prune & walnut spice cake.
It is
One that my husband's
Maternal grandmother used to
Make
Mother-in-law recently found
The recipe while going
Through piles
'stuff', she remembers her
Mother making it & sent me a
Copy
Via my husband (boy, was
*she* taking a chance at
That! He
Frequently forgets to relay
Messages or deliver packages
But
This time he came through.)
Well, I decided to surprise
Him one
Night & fixed it. He came
Home from work &
*immediately* said
That it smelled like
Grandma's cake! After
Tasting it, he
Pronounced it perfect, just
*exactly* how he remembered
It used
To taste. I was very
Gratified The memory of
Smell is very
Powerful - one whiff of a
Substance can send you
Reeling back
Through Memory Lane. My
Opinion of grandma's cake?
OK, but not
Terrific
Don't have the same
Sentimental attachment that
My husband does.).
My
(You have to realize that I
Directions:
2 c cake flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 tsp
cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Cream together in mixer: 1/2 c butter 3/4 c sugar 3/4 c lt brown
sugar 3 eggs 1 c buttermilk 1/2 tsp almond extract 3/4 c cooked
prunes, chopped + chopped prunes for garnish 1 c walnuts, chopped
fine + walnuts for garnish Cherries for garnish
Coffee Butter Frosting: 1 lb powdered sugar 1/2 c butter 1 egg 4 tsp
powdered instant coffee (more for stronger flavor) 1 Tbsp cream 1 tsp
vanilla
Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves,
and nutmeg. Cream together the butter, sugars, and eggs. Add the
buttermilk and almond extract alternately with the dry ingredients.
Add cooked prunes and 1 c walnuts. Pour into 2 (9") pans and bake at
375 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
When cool, frost with Coffee Butter Frosting (below) and top with
chopped prunes, walnuts and cherries.
Coffee Butter Frosting: Mix together the powdered sugar, butter, egg,
cofffee, cream and vanilla.
Maye Laurencelle (Tom Rodgers' grandmother)
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