Italian Sponge Cake (Pan di Spagna):
Place
Cream margarine and shortening with sugar.
Add egg yolks; mix well.
Combine flour and soda; add alternately with buttermilk.
Add vanilla, coconut and nuts; fold mixture in egg whites.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Italian Cream Cake Frosting: Beat together cream cheese and margarine, then add sugar and vanilla.
Ice cake; put black walnuts between layers and on top.
In a measuring cup, mix prune juice with 1 tablespoon baking
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves in a large mixer bowl; mix well.
Add oil, eggs, prunes and beat well.
Stir in pecans. Pour into a greased, floured 9 x 13-inch cake pan and bake at 325\u00b0 for 35 minutes or until done.
Drizzle with Prune Cake Sauce.
Prepare marble cake mix as directed.
In separate bowl, mix Ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla.
Pour cake mix in 9 x 13-inch pan.
Pour cheese right on top of batter.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour or until done.
Use your favorite white cake recipe or use 1 white cake mix and bake according to instructions in 9 x 13-inch cake pan.
Let cool 10 to 15 minutes.
Poke holes in the cake with a toothpick, fork tines, etc.
Melt butter, brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of pineapple juice in a saucepan.
Spray sides and bottom of a cake pan.
Pour brown sugar mixture into it.
Arrange pineapple rings and cherries on top.
Prepare cake mix according to directions on package, or make your favorite cake recipe and pour over mixture in cake pan.
Bake in a 350\u00b0 preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
Let stand to cool a few minutes, then invert onto a plate.
Prepare favorite white cake recipe or boxed cake mix and divide batter between 1 (8-inch) square pan and 1 (8-inch) round pan.
Bake according to directions.
Remove cakes from pan and cool.
Use any good cake recipe
to make 4 layers.
Bake 2 plain, then add raisins, nut meats, cinnamon and cloves.
When cool stick with filling.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan. Prepare cake mix as directed; set aside in baking pan.
In a separate bowl, with mixer at medium speed, blend Ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla.
Spoon mixture over unbaked cake batter; do not mix.
Bake for 1 hour (or until cake tester comes out dry). Cool on rack.
Frost with Frosting for Italian Love Cake.
anilla, coconut optional.
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reased and floured 8\" round cake pans.
Bake at 350
Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Coat 8 inch square baking pan with vegetable cooking spray, set aside.
In mixer bowl beat milk and prune puree to blend thoroughly; add flour, sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa, baking powder and salt.
Beat just to blend thoroughly. Spread evenly in pan.
In small bowl,
mix brown sugar and the remaining 1/4 c. cocoa powder.
Sprinkle evenly over top.
Bake in center of oven about 45 minutes until cake is springy to the touch.
Cool 15 minutes on rack.
This is an old recipe from my mother, hence some of the directions are antiquated.
The cake keeps well and is very moist. By its taste, it is hard to realize that the main ingredient is prunes!
Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with vegetable cooking spray; set aside.
In mixer bowl, beat milk and Prune Puree to blend thoroughly.
Add flour, sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa, baking powder and salt.
Beat just to blend thoroughly. Spread evenly in pan.
25 degrees.
Grease 13x9x2\" cake pan, and set aside.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to shortening, milk, vanilla and egg.
Batter will be thick.
Pour into 9 x 13-inch pan.
Lay prunes which have been washed on top of batter and sprinkle with sugar-cinnamon mixture.
Bake for 45 minutes in 350\u00b0 oven.
Make pear cake: Preheat oven to 350 and
ook prunes and 80 ml prune juice on low heat for
Combine prunes and water in a microwave safe bowl.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
Drain reserving liquid.
Puree prunes in a food processor or blender.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
In a large bowl blend cake mix, eggs and prune liquid and oil.
Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
Stir in prune puree and beat for 1 more minute.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.