Prune Cake
Ingredients
- Prunes
- 3 Large Eggs
- Almond extract
- Grapeseed oil
- Granulated sugar
- All purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Instant espresso
- Cinnamon
- Clove
- Buttermilk
- Powdered sugar
- Orange zest
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- Soak the prunes. The first step is to chop the prunes into small pieces and place them in a separate bowl. Pour 2 cups of water into a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover the prunes with the boiling water and let sit for about 20 minutes to soften.Also, preheat the oven to 300°F and grease a 10-inch round cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and grease that as well.SIDENOTE: If you want to have mashed prunes instead of chopped, soak the prunes whole then drain and place on a plate. Mash them with a fork until they are in little chunks
- Mix the wet ingredients. Combine the oil, 1 tsp almond extract, eggs, 1 cup buttermilk, and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl.
- Mix the dry ingredients. In a separate medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, 1 tbsp espresso powder, cinnamon, clove, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Combine the batter. Pour the flour mixture into the wet mixture and gently stir together.
- Add the prunes. Drain the prunes and fold into the batter.
- Bake. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the 300 degree oven for an hour or until it is a light caramel color, springy, and a tester inserted in the middle comes out with a few moist crumbs on it.Remove to a wire rack to cool.
- Make the icing. While the cake is baking, make the icing. Whisk together the powdered sugar, buttermilk, and orange zest in a large mixing bowl
- Drizzle and serve. Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Then run a knife around the edge and flip onto a plate or a cake stand. Drizzle icing over the top of the warm cake and serve immediately or let cool and serve at room temperature.
Notes
*SIDE NOTE: If you served it with ice cream, absolutely no one would be upset about that.