Prune Cake

As I have said before I really don't like Prunes....but her is a recipe anyway for them.

Prune Cake
Mrs. Alice Smith

1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoon butter
2 eggs
1 cup dairy sour cream
1/2 cup nutmeats, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup prunes, cooked and chopped

Cream butter and sugar; add well beaten eggs. Then add soda and cream. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture alternately with dairy sour cream. Add chopped prunes and nutmeats. Bake in layer cake pans at 350 degrees.

PRUNE FILLING

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup prunes, chopped
2 Tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine all ingredients except vanilla and cook in double boiler until thickened. Add vanilla. Cool and spread between cake layers. Ice cake with 7-minute icing