Mrs. Lyndon Johnson’s Prune Cake


Serves: 12
Total Calories: 270
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:

Ingredients

1/2 cup Crisco All Vegetable Shortening
1 cup sugar
2 whole eggs
1 1/3 cups flour
2/3 cup chopped pitted prune
2/3 cup buttermilk (sour milk)
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

Directions:

Cream shortening, add sugar and eggs, beat well. Mix dry ingredients and add alternately with sour milk to creamed mixture. Add chopped prunes. Bake in 2 waxed paper-lined cake pans for 25 minutes at 350°F.

__FROSTING
Cream butter, add prune juice and lemon juice, salt, and cinnamon. Beat in powdered sugar gradually.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 12
Total Calories: 270
Calories from Fat: 96

This Mrs. Lyndon Johnson’s Prune Cake recipe is from the Secrets from the White House Kitchens Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


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