President (Ladybird) Johnson Prune Cake
Created by dienia b on March 7, 2024
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 40m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #42471
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup prunes, chopped, pitted
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- Dry
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Frosting
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons prune juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: In a mixing bowl, cream shortening.
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Step 2: Add sugar, cream and eggs, beat well.
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Step 3: In another bowl, whisk (soft) dry ingredients.
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Step 4: Add alternately with sour milk (buttermilk) to creamed mixture.
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Step 5: Add chopped prunes.
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Step 6: Bake in 2 waxed paper-lined 9 inch cake pans for 25 minutes at 350°F.
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Frosting:
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Step 7: Cream butter, add prune juice and lemon juice, salt, and cinnamon.
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Step 8: Beat in powdered sugar gradually.
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Step 9: Use to frost cooled cake.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (201.9 g)
- Calories 590.1
- Total Fat - 23.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.7 g
- Cholesterol - 235.9 mg
- Sodium - 528.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 86.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.1 g
- Sugars - 66.7 g
- Protein - 11.5 g
- Calcium - 101.1 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg