Was desperately looking for a recipe to use up the big bag of prunes that hubby bought three months ago. He was on a healthy eating spree but the prunes were just too sweet for his taste. And they were too sticky for the kids' taste and mine. I stumbled upon this coffee cake recipe that someone had posted as a comment on a blog. It sounded so good that I finally took the plunge and invested in a bundt pan!
As always, I tweaked the recipe to substitute the more exotic ingredients with ones readily available in my fridge and pantry and high calorie ingredients for not so high calorie ones. The result was a perfect picture of yumminess!
1 1/2 cups Prunes
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup apple sauce or 2 large eggs, if you prefer
1 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Dice prunes. Preheat over to 350.
Grease and flour a 9" bundt pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt; remove 1/4 cup of this mixture and toss with prunes. Blend yogurt and vanilla in a cup.
Cream oil and sugar until well blended. Beat in apple sauce. Slowly beat in flour mixture, alternating with
yogurt and vanilla mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
Fold in prunes. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Turn 1/3 batter into pan. Sprinkle with 1/3 brown
sugar mixture, repeat layering twice.
Bake at 350° F. for 55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes and .turn over on a plate for spectacular results.
As always, I tweaked the recipe to substitute the more exotic ingredients with ones readily available in my fridge and pantry and high calorie ingredients for not so high calorie ones. The result was a perfect picture of yumminess!
1 1/2 cups Prunes
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup apple sauce or 2 large eggs, if you prefer
1 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Dice prunes. Preheat over to 350.
Grease and flour a 9" bundt pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt; remove 1/4 cup of this mixture and toss with prunes. Blend yogurt and vanilla in a cup.
Cream oil and sugar until well blended. Beat in apple sauce. Slowly beat in flour mixture, alternating with
yogurt and vanilla mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
Fold in prunes. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Turn 1/3 batter into pan. Sprinkle with 1/3 brown
sugar mixture, repeat layering twice.
Bake at 350° F. for 55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes and .turn over on a plate for spectacular results.
