Prune Cake

Name: Prune Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: colombiana
Ingredients: 5 unit eggs; 2 cup wheat flour; 1 cup sugar; burnt caramel (to taste); 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tbsp ground cloves; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.25 lb butter; 1 cup cold milk; 0.75 cup sugar; 1 unit jar of prunes; 1 unit glass of wine (dark or table wine); 1 cup water; caramel (to taste)

Spiced cake with cloves and cinnamon, soaked in a syrup of prunes in wine and topped with the prunes.

Total time: 1 h 30 min
Servings: 15
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

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Cake
5eggs
2 cupswheat flour
1 cupsugar
burnt caramelto taste
2 teaspoonsbaking soda
1 tablespoonground cloves
1 teaspoonground cinnamon
1/4 poundbutter
1 cupcold milk
Topping
3/4 cupsugar
1jar of prunes
1glass of wine (dark or table wine)
1 cupwater
caramelto taste

Instructions

Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks; separately, beat the yolks with the sugar.
Add the sifted flour, the beaten egg whites, the melted butter, the burnt caramel, the cloves, the cinnamon and finally the baking soda dissolved in the milk.
Pour into a greased and floured ring pan.
Bake at 350° until a knife comes out clean.
For the topping, cook the prunes with the water, the caramel and the sugar.
Pour the hot syrup over the cake.
Remove the pits from the prunes and place them on top, covering it.