Prune Cake with Buttermilk Icing

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 t salt
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t each cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg
• 1 c (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• + 11 more ingredients
• • 1 c buttermilk
  • ½ t vanilla extract
  • 1 c chopped walnuts
  • 1 c coarsely chopped dried prunes
  • Icing:
  • 1 c sugar
  • ½ c buttermilk
  • 1 t white corn syrup
  • 6 T butter
  • ½ t baking soda
  • 2 t vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 300F. Grease a 9- or 10-inch tube pan. To prepare cake, combine flour and next five ingredients (flour through nutmeg) in a medium bowl. Place butter in a mixing bowl. Beat with a mixer until creamy. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well afte...

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