https://youtube.com/shorts/4PVkPXHh-_I?si=dt1lNziF1eVn3X4V
Here’s the Prune cake recipe
I haven’t baked a prune cake in years. I don’t use the 1cup of vegetable oil called for in the recipe but substituted 1stick of unsalted butter and 1/2c applesauce instead. I used 1c of sugar.
And I didn’t add the frosting called for as it’s incredibly sweet, too. I put chopped pecans in one layer and omitted nuts from the second layer.
I bought the prunes from nuts.com thanks Kristin for recommending them
What a great invention.
My friend Linda recommended purchasing these pre-but rounds when we were in King Arthur Flour in Vermont last month. I’m so glad I did. I used them for 3 – 8 inch layers for two family birthdays in November.
https://youtube.com/shorts/VMa4ZrBbROs?si=IKgYDL55bo4FWWrB
Short Video on YouTube
And this cake was a Brown Mountain Cake from Farm Journal. I added vanilla buttercream frosting. The buttermilk is a key ingredient!
Butter, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, oatmeal, raisins the basic start to a cookie……but then you add Grape-Nuts, chocolate chips, and coconut, toasted pecans…..Kitchen Sink Cookies (click for recipe). There are other recipes that add potato chips, pretzels and toffee.
Idiom – “everything but the kitchen sink”
“……first print reference can be found in 1918 in the newspaper The Syracuse Herald. The expression became popular during World War II, where it was said that everything but the kitchen sink was thrown at the enemy.”
