Sticky Prune Cake

Serves 6-8

Ingredients:

Cake

• 100g prunes
• 100g raw brown sugar
• 100ml veg oil
• 2 free range eggs
• 150g wholemeal flour (I use rice and spelt flour)
• ½ teaspn bicarb soda
• 1 tspn cinnemon
• ½ tspn mixd spice
• ½ tspn nutmeg
• pinch cloves
• 100ml buttermilk.

Topping

• 50g raw brown sugar
• 45ml buttermilk
• 1tbs molasses/honey
• vannila essence (just a few drops)

Method:

Soak prunes in hot water for 30mins. Drain and roughly chop.

In a basin whisk sugar, oil, and eggs until thick and smooth. Stir in flour, bicarb soda and spices. Beat well. Stir in the prunes and buttermilk.

Pour the mixture into a greased, lined sandwich tin. (8/9 inches, 23 cm). Bake at 180C(mark4) for 25 mins until firm to touch.

Warm the ingredients for the topping together in a small saucepan. Prick the cake all over with a skewer and spoon the syrup over the top. Leave to cool in the tin. Serve with crème fraiche.