Prune Whip Spice Cake With Prune Butter Frosting
Ingredients
2 1/4 C. all-purpose flour, sifted
1 1/3 C. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/2 C. shortening
1/2 C. prune juice, drained from cooked prunes
1/2 C. milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Prune butter frosting:
6 Tbsp. butter or margarine
3 C. confectioners’ sugar, sifted
3/4 tsp. lemon juice
4 to 4 1/2 Tbsp. prune juice
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
Dash salt
1/2 C. prunes, cut up, cooked, well drained
2 Tbsp. chopped nuts
Cooking Instructions
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices into large bowl of electric mixer. Add shortening, prune juice, and milk. Beat with electric mixer for 1-1/2 minutes on slow or medium speed. Scrape bowl and beaters; mix well. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat for 1-1/2 minutes more on slow or medium speed. Scrape and mix again. Stir once around bowl with spoon. Pour batter into two 8-inch layer cake pans, which have been greased and floured. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Frost with Prune Butter Frosting. Prune butter frosting: Cream butter or margarine in large bowl of electric mixer. Add sugar alternately with juices; beat until well blended. Add grated rind and salt. Beat until frosting is of good spreading consistency. Fold in prunes and nuts. This cake and frosting will freeze.
My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” (Psalms 42:3)