Vanilla Prunes Food

VANILLA PRUNES

Steps:

• Place the prunes, water, juice and extract in a saucepan and scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the pan and add the pod too.
• Simmer on low heat for 20 minutes, or until the prunes are very soft and most of the water has evaporated and you are left with a lovely syrup.
• When cool, transfer to an airtight container and keep in the fridge.

MOM'S PRUNE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Melt butter. Mix in sugar, milk, egg, flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt.
• Grease 9x13 cookie sheet and spread batter around pan.
• Lay halved prunes on top of batter with small amount of juice, if using canned prunes.
• Combine streusel ingredients until blended and crumbly. Sprinkle over top.
• Bake 325°F for 25 to 30 minutes.
• While still warm, mix powdered sugar, vanilla and milk until you have a thin frosting. Drizzle around the pan in the amount that you prefer.
• Cut into squares.

PRUNE SPICE CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK ICING

Steps:

• CAKE.
• Blend sugar, oil and eggs.
• Sift together all dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk.
• Add vanilla, prunes and pecans.
• Pour into buttered bundt pan.
• Bake 350°F for 45 minute.
• leave cake in pan and ice while warm.
• ICING.
• Combine last 6 ingredients in saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Cook until soft ball stage (small amount dropped into cool water forms a soft ball).
• Pour over cake while warm.
• Serve with whipped cream and cherries or plain.

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.