Baby Food Prune Cake

MARY'S PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Blend sugar, oil and eggs.
• Add dry ingredients altering with the milk.
• Add vanilla, nuts and prunes.
• Bake in a 13x9x2" pan at 300 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
• While hot and still in pan pour icing over the cake.
• For the icing: Mix all ingredients in saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and pour over cake.
• Use fork to pierce holes in cake to absorb icing.

OLD FASHIONED PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour Bundt or tube pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine oil, eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Add flour mixture, alternating with 1 cup buttermilk, starting and ending with dry ingredients. beat well after each addition. Stir in prunes, pecans and 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt or tube pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
• Make large, deep holes in hot cake and pour topping in holes and on top of cake a little at a time, giving it time to soak in.
• For the topping: In saucepan, over medium heat, cook butter, 3/4 cup buttermilk, corn syrup and 1 1/2 cup sugar until sugar and butter melt. Remove from heat and add 2 teaspoons vanilla and stir.

SOFT & FLUFFY CAKE MADE WITH BABY FOOD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease & flour a bundt or tube pan.
• In a large mixing bowl cream sugar and butter.
• Beat in eggs.
• Beat in baby food, vanilla, cinnamon and salt until mixed.
• Mix in baking powder and flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until combined.
• Batter will be fluffy :)
• Spoon/scrape into prepared pan.
• Bake for 40 - 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack. After 20 minutes, turn cake onto rack and finish cooling.
• Serve plain, with a sprinkle of powdered sugar, or a dollop of jam or fruit butter.
• Enjoy :)

PRUNE CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine first six ingredients. Add oil, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Fold in prunes and nuts. Pour into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake until toothpick comes out clean, 45 minutes. Meanwhile, combine all topping ingredients in a saucepan. bring to a boil and boil 2 minutes. Pour over hot cake. Leave in pan to cool.

BABY FOOD PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Combine flour, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, prune baby food, and cinnamon.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 pan or bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• I do not use a mixer with this cake. You will need 3 bowls, 1 large mixing bowl and 2 smaller bowls. Put your chopped prunes in one of the small bowls, cover with the cup of buttermilk and set aside. In the large bowl add together the oil, sugar, and eggs mixing well with a spoon. In the other bowl combine the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg and use a wire whisk to mix well.
• Pour the prunes and milk into the large bowl with the sugar, eggs, and oil. Add the dry ingredients and mix well with a spoon. (I use a wooden spoon). Add vanilla extract and mix. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan and add the batter. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until the center of the cake is done. Add the topping recipe below while still warm.

BABY FOOD PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Blend together first four ingredients.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Stir, do not beat.
• Bake at 350°F for approximately 50 minutes in a greased, floured loaf pan.

BABY FOOD CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, eggs, and oil. Beat until smooth. Mix in baby food and nuts. Beat in flour mixture alternately with applesauce. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

BABY'S FAVORITE PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

OOOH BABY CHOCOLATE PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• Soak prunes overnight in brandy. Melt chocolate and butter or margarine with water.
• In a large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar until pale. Stir in chocolate mixture. Gently mix in flour and ground nuts. Stir in prunes.
• In another bowl, beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Carefully fold into cake mixture. Pour into a greased 9 inch round cake tin.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 - 40 minutes. Remove from oven, and cool on a wire rack. Frost with Chocolate Ganache Frosting.

TO DIE FOR " PRUNE CAKE" WITH BUTTERMILK GLAZE

Steps:

• Mix with electric mixer the following:.
• 2 cups of flour.
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
• 1 cup canola oil.
• 1 cup buttermilk.
• 1 cup baby food prunes.
• 3 eggs.
• 1 tsp vanilla.
• 1 tsp baking soda.
• 1 tsp cinnamon.
• 1/2 tsp salt.
• and chopped pecans.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 300 degrees.
• in a lightly greased and floured 9x13 baking pan.
• In the last 5 minutes of baking, make the sauce to pour over cake IMMEDIATELY after removing from the oven.
• Sauce:.
• combine all in a medium sauce pan:.
• 1 cup sugar.
• 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
• 1/4 cup of butter.
• 2 tsp vanilla.
• 1/2 tsp baking soda.
• DO NOT BEAT! Boil for 1 minute.

PLUM GOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Make a well in the center and pour in the oil, eggs, baby food and red food coloring. Mix well, then stir in chopped walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove cake from pan while still hot and frost immediately.
• To make the Frosting: In a small bowl combine 1 cup confectioners sugar and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Stir until smooth.