Prune Cake With Buttermilk Topping

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy, Eggs, Grains	Niger	Tamwt02	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		=== CAKE ===
2	c	Flour
1	t	Baking soda
1	t	Salt
1	t	Ground cinnamon
1	t	Ground nutmeg
1/4	t	Ground allspice
2	c	Sugar
1	c	Vegetable oil
1	c	Buttermilk
1	t	Vanilla extract
3		Eggs
2	c	Seedless prunes, cut in
		quarters
1	c	Chopped walnuts
		=== TOPPING ===
1/3	c	Sugar
1/3	c	Buttermilk
2	T	Unsalted butter
1/4	t	Baking soda
		Juice of 1/2 lemon

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Mix
all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Stir in the oil,
buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the
prunes and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 45
minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes up clean.
Meanwhile, combine all the topping ingredients in a small saucepan  and
bring to a boil. Simmer, stirring for 3 minutes. Remove the cake  from
the oven and place it on a rack to cool slightly. Pierce the  cake all
over with a wooden skewer. Pour the topping evenly over the  cake.
Serve warm or cool. This recipe yields one 9- by 13-inch cake.  Recipe
Source: TOO HOT TAMALES WORLD TOUR with Susan Feniger and Mary  Sue
Milliken From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # WT-1B11 broadcast
03-20-1998) Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD -
jpmd44a@prodigy.com ~or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net  04-11-1998  Recipe by:
Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 6616 Calories From Fat: 2959 Total Fat: 339g Cholesterol: 632.1mg Sodium: 4481.7mg Potassium: 3138.9mg Carbohydrates: 861.4g Fiber: 35.6g Sugar: 488.4g Protein: 79.4g