This cake is a variation of my ‘Whatever Fruit You Have’ Cake. My son bought a large bag of pitter dried Prunes, and they had been sitting in the fridge for a long time. I decided to use them up today. It was a great decision to use Brown Sugar and add Spices to this cake. I am not a big fan of soft and chewy dried Prunes, but I truely enjoyed this cake.
Cake Tins
18cm x 27cm Cake Tin *Use a similar size Tin
Ingredients
200 to 250g pitted Prunes
125g Butter *softened
1/2 cup Brown Sugar *OR Caster Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 large Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Allspice *OR other spice of your choice, e.g. Clove, Nutmeg, etc.
1/2 cup Milk
Optional Maple Syrup Icing
1/4 cup (30g) Icing Sugar
1 tablespoon (15ml) Maple Syrup
A few drops Water *as required
Method
- Preheat oven to 170℃. Line a cake tin with baking paper.
- Cut each pitted Prune into 4 to 6 pieces.
- Mix softened Butter, Brown Sugar and Salt in a mixing bowl until creamy. Add Eggs one at a time, mixing well. Add Vanilla Extract and mix well.
- Add Self-Raising Flour, Cinnamon, Allspice (OR other Spices) and Milk, and mix to combine. Then add chopped Prunes and combine evenly.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread evenly.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes OR until cooked through. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then carefully transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
- Apply your favourite Icing when the cake is cool. To make Maple Syrup Icing, mix Icing Sugar and Maple Syrup. If too thick, add a small amount of Water. Drizzle the Icing over the cooled cake.
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