Prune Pie Majestic

Here is a dessert recipe for prunes.

Prune Pie Majestic
Mrs. Elsi Stitt

2 cups cooked prunes
2 cups sliced bananas
2/3 cup honey
1/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
1 baked 9-inch pastry shell
 Meringue made with 3 egg whites

Pit prunes and cut into small pieces. Cream honey and butter until thick and smooth. Add prunes and bananas, extract and mix thoroughly. Pour into baked pie shell and cover with meringue. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Checkerboard Prune Cake

Checkerboard Prune Cake
Mrs. Edwin D. Shutt

2 cups flour, sifted
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup prunes, cooked and cut up
1 cup nutmeats, chopped
brown sugar icing
1/2 cup toasted coconut

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon , soda, nutmeg and cloves. Add shortening and 2/3 cup milk, mixing to blend. Beat 2 minutes on medium speed of electric mixer or 300 strokes by hand. Add remaining milk and eggs, mixing to blend. Beat 2 minutes more or 300 strokes. Fold in prunes and nutmeats. Turn into greased 9 x 13-inch loaf pan. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until cake tested inserted in center comes out clean, at 350 degrees. Cool. Frost with brown sugar icing. Sprinkle coconut over icing in serving size squares to form a checkerboard.

Brown Sugar Icing

2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup softened butter or margarine
3 to 4 Tablespoon milk

Blend confectioners sugar, brown sugar, butter or margarine and 3 Tablespoon milk. Beat until smooth. Add more milk, if necessary to make icing of spreading consistency. Spread on top of cake. To toast coconut; place on baking sheet and broil 1 to 3 minutes until lightly browned, stirring frequently.

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

Banana-Prune Cake

Keeping with the cake recipes, like I said I don`t like prunes


Banana-Prune Cake

2/3 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup fully ripe bananas, mashed ( 2 or 3)
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup prunes, chopped, pitted and cooked
1/2 cup California walnuts, chopped

Stir softened shortening just to soften. Sift in dry ingredients. add bananas and half the milk. mix until all flour is dampened. Beat vigorously 2 minutes. Add eggs and remaining milk. Beat 2 minutes longer. Fold in prunes and nutmeats. Pour into paper lined 13 x 9 x2-inch pan. Bake 40 to 45 minutes at 350 degrees. let stand about 10 minutes before turning out of pan.

Prune cake With Topping

I don`t like prunes, but here is a recipe calling for prunes!

Prune cake with Topping

1 cup cooking oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup cooked prunes, chopped
1 cup nutmeats, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine oil; sugar, buttermilk and eggs. Mix well. Sift flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and soda. Add to first mixture and mix well. Add prunes, nutmeats and vanilla. Bake in oblong pan at 350 degrees.

Topping

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda

Combine and bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, using large pan as this will foam while cooking. Pour over cake.