mom woodrome's prune cake

Name: Mom Woodrome's Prune Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) prunes, pitted; 2 cup(s) water; 1 3/4 stick(s) butter, softened; 1 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 4 large eggs, room temperature; 2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 3/4 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 3/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 3/4 teaspoon(s) allspice; 3/4 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 cup(s) buttermilk; 2 1/4 cup(s) sour cream; 3 tablespoon(s) flour; 3 large eggs; 2 1/4 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) raisins; 2 cup(s) pecans, chopped; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

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Alice Woodrome

Oklahoma City, OK

Updated on Apr 6, 2014

This is the cake my dear Mother-in-law, Helen, always brought to holiday get-togethers. It is super moist and very rich -- and a hit every time. It is even better after a day or two, but oh, so hard to keep from cutting before then.

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A super moist three layer cake with a sour cream filling chocked full of pecans and raisins

prep time 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup prunes, pitted
2 cups water
1 3/4 sticks butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon allspice
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups sour cream
3 tablespoons flour
3 large eggs
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup raisins
2 cups pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make mom woodrome's prune cake

Step 1

Simmer prunes in 2 cups water for 30 minutes. There should hardly be any prune water at the end of the 30 minutes. Mush up so there are no big pieces and allow to cool somewhat

Step 2

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together for three minutes. Add eggs one at a time.
Step 3

Sift and measure dry ingredients into another bowl.
Step 4

Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk
Step 5

Add prunes and mix with mixer
Step 6

Bake in three 9 inch pans for 30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Step 7

FILLING FOR PRUNE CAKE (The filling ingredients listed are more than the original recipe called for, but Mom always made more because , "that's the boys favorite part", so I officially amended the filling recipe to reflect how we actually make it. If you want the original amounts, it would be about 2/3 of the amounts listed.)
Step 8

Mix sour cream, 3 Tbsp flour, 3 eggs, 2 1/4 cup sugar, 1 cup raisins in double boiler, mixing after each addition. Cook, stirring frequently, until thick (takes a long time to thicken)
Step 9

Add chopped pecans and vanilla. Let filling cool a bit before spreading on the cake
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