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Prune Cake with Buttermilk Glaze
1 c oil
1 C Butter milk
1 c cooked prunes
1 c nuts
2 c flour
1½ c sugar
3 eggs
1 T. soda
1 t. nutmeg, allspice
cinnamon & salt
Bake 325. 40 to 45 min.
1 stick butter
1 C sugar
1 T. syrup
½ c butter milk
t. vanilla
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# Prune Cake with Buttermilk Glaze
## Ingredients
### Cake
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup cooked prunes
- 1 cup nuts
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
### Glaze
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp syrup
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
## Instructions
### Cake
1. Combine oil, buttermilk, cooked prunes, nuts, flour, sugar, and eggs. Mix well.
2. Add baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt. Stir to combine.
3. Bake at 325°F for 40 to 45 minutes.
### Glaze
1. Combine butter, sugar, syrup, buttermilk, and vanilla in a saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth.
3. Pour glaze over warm cake. -
Green Tomato Pickles
Green Tomato Pickles
Slice 1 pk green tomatoes
and 6 large onions pulled
& sliced, place in layers in
a stone jar, sprinkling each
layer with salt, using 1 C in
all & covering with a large
plate & on this put a weight
so that the juice will form a
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brine to come up over the
vegetables. Let remain overnight.
In the morning drain - thoroughly
dissolve 2½ lbs. brown sugar
in 1 qt of pure vinegar, in a
porcelain kettle, add 1 tb sp each
of cinnamon & allspice - 2 tbsp
mace & tsp of clove & spice tied
into a muslin bag. & cook until
vegetables are tender.
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# Green Tomato Pickles
*Yield: approximately 6 to 8 pint jars*
## Ingredients
- 1 peck (approximately 10 to 12 lbs) green tomatoes, sliced
- 6 large onions, sliced
- 1 cup pickling salt (for layering)
- 2 1/2 lbs (approximately 5 cups) brown sugar
- 1 qt pure white vinegar
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp ground allspice
- 2 Tbsp mace
- 1 tsp whole cloves
## Instructions
### Day 1 — Salt Draw
1. Slice green tomatoes and onions.
2. In a large stone jar or crock, layer tomatoes and onions alternately, sprinkling each layer with salt — 1 cup total distributed across all layers.
3. Place a large plate directly on top of the vegetables and weight it down so the juice is pressed out and rises up over the vegetables as a brine.
4. Let stand overnight.
### Day 2 — Cook and Can
1. Drain vegetables thoroughly in the morning.
2. Tie cinnamon, allspice, mace, and cloves in a double layer of muslin or cheesecloth to form a spice bag.
3. In a large non-reactive pot (porcelain, enameled, or stainless steel), dissolve brown sugar in vinegar over medium heat.
4. Add spice bag and drained vegetables.
5. Cook until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
6. Remove spice bag.
7. Pack vegetables into sterilized jars using a slotted spoon.
8. Ladle hot syrup over vegetables, filling to within 1/4 inch of rim.
9. Wipe jar rims clean, apply lids and bands, and seal.
10. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes (pint jars) according to current canning guidelines. -
Fruit Cake
Fruit Cake - M Rader
a four 3 times
5 cups flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
2 lb seeded raisins
1 lb currents
1 lb figs
1 lb dates
1/4 lb orange peeling
1/4 lb critton
1/4 lb lemon peeling
1 cup alomds meat
2 teaspoons cloves
2 " cinnmon
2 " guinger
1 " nutmeg
1 small glass brandy or
2 " wine
1 teaspoon salt
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3 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup of butter or crisco
8 eggs. first 4 eggs + then 4
1/2 cup black molassas
+ 1 teaspoon soda in
molassas.
2 hours in slow oven
about 5- cakes.
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# Fruit Cake (M. Rader)
*Recipe makes about 5 cakes.*
## Ingredients
- 5 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 lb seeded raisins
- 1 lb currants
- 1 lb figs
- 1 lb dates
- 1/4 lb orange peel
- 1/4 lb citron
- 1/4 lb lemon peel
- 1 cup almond meat
- 2 tsp cloves
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 3 cups brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or Crisco
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 cup black molasses
- 1 tsp baking soda (dissolved in molasses)
- 1 small glass brandy or 2 small glasses wine
## Instructions
1. Add first 4 eggs, then the remaining 4 eggs.
2. Dissolve 1 tsp baking soda into the molasses.
3. Combine all ingredients together.
4. Bake 2 hours in a slow oven.
5. Makes about 5 cakes.