Baby's Favorite Prune Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 12 ounces prune baby food (applesauce could be substituted)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 cups pitted prunes, snipped into raisin-sized pieces
• 2 tablespoons sorghum molasses

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease 13x9x2" cake pan, and set aside.
• 3 cream together margarine and sugar until well blended; add lightly beaten eggs and mix well.
• 4 add prune baby food and molasses to sugar/egg mix and blend well.
• 5 in a large bowl, sift together dry ingredients except nuts and prunes.
• 6 add to dry ingredients and stir until moistened.
• 7 add nuts and prunes and fold into batter.
• 8 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.
• 9 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.
• 10 tastes good plain though.