Yummy Prune Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (1 lb) box dried pitted prunes (or plums)
Cake Sauce
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup nuts (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place prunes in pot with 1/4 cup water. Cook until prunes are soft but not mushy. Drain water and slightly mash the prunes into small chunks.
Place all ingredients including prunes in a mixing bowl and beat until ingredients are combined. Pour batter into an ungreased 9-by-13-inch pan.
Bake for about 40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Remove cake from oven and, with the tines of a fork, poke holes in the cake.
For the cake sauce, combine butter, sugar, buttermilk and vanilla and bring to a boil. Remove from heat; add the baking soda and stir. At this point you may add the nuts (optional).
Pour the sauce over the cake (you can make some holes with a fork first). Let cake sit and cool before cutting.