WALNUT PRUNE CAKE WITH CREAM
CHEESE FROSTING
 
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
3 eggs
1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. finely chopped walnuts
1 c. chopped stewed prunes (stewed in port wine)

FROSTING:

1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. sifted confectioners' sugar

Cream first four ingredients. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Add flour, baking powder and salt and blend well. Fold in prunes and nuts and spread in a buttered 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan, lined with buttered brown paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan for about 30 minutes, then remove carefully with a spatula and cool on cake rack. Blend and spread frosting on cooled cake.

 

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