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Grandma's Cake

3/9/2019

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Recipe by Rick Dees, Entertainer, Producer and Owner of Rick.com and Sweetbriar Farm, Danville, Kentucky, USA. 
Image by Diana DeLucia.
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Yield: 12-15 slices​


Ingredients

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon Allspice
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter (melted)
  • 3 Eggs (beaten)
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 ½ cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Chopped Prunes (cooked and mashed)
  • 1 cup Pecans or Walnuts (chopped)
  • 1 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar (for garnish)

Bourbon Sauce

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • A pinch of Salt
  • ½ cup Buttermilk
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Soda (dissolve in the buttermilk)
  • 1 Tablespoon Corn Syrup
  • 1 Tablespoon Bourbon
  • 6 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
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Preparation
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Preheat oven to 325 °F,  butter and line an 8-8-inch or 9-9-inch baking pan with parchment paper. 

Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Combine vanilla, oil, melted butter, eggs, buttermilk and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat well. Stir in dry ingredients, and fold in the prunes and nuts. 


Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the center springs back when touched lightly in the center. Remove from the oven and let cake cool  for 10 minutes.

Chef Note: While the cake is baking, prepare the Bourbon Sauce.

Bourbon Sauce

Mix together sugar, salt, buttermilk mixture, corn syrup,  bourbon, butter and vanilla in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook for one minutes. Set aside. 
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Assembly

Invert still-warm cake onto a serving platter. 

Spoon all of the bourbon sauce over the cake and let it soak in.

Dust with the powdered sugar. 

Serve warm.  Cut into 12-15 slices... and get outta the way!!!



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Sweetbriar Farm, Danville, Kentucky, USA. Image by Diana DeLucia.
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