Sugar Plum Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup pitted dried plum, chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (i.e., walnuts, pecans)
Sauce
1/2 cup margarine (or butter)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk

Preparation

Grease and flour bundt or 9x13 cake pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all cake ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer until well combined.
Pour into prepared cake pan and bake for one hour.
Just before cake is done, place all sauce ingredients into a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and continue boiling gently until sauce is thickened, about two minutes.
Remove done cake from oven and poke holes all over top with a fork.
Pour hot sauce over hot cake. Allow to sit in pan until sauce is absorbed.