Cardamom Prune Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces ready to eat pitted prunes, chopped very finely
• 4 ounces butter
• 2 eggs
• 6 ounces sugar
• 6 ounces flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 cardamom pods
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180c/350°f.
• 2 grease and line a 10inch square dish with greaseproof paper and butter.
• 3 melt the butter in a pan and add the prunes then take off the heat.
• 4 in a blender, put the eggs, sugar, vanilla and cardamom (seeds only) and blend until the cardamom seeds are combined and add to the prune mixture.
• 5 sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and mix thoroughly without over working the mixture.
• 6 pour into the prepared dish and bake for 30 minutes, then cover with foil, lower the heat to 160c/325f and bake for 20 minutes more.
• 7 allow to cool in the dish for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.