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Spiced Prune Traybake

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Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybakeSpiced Prune Traybake

Do you have a forgotten about tin of prunes in your cupboard? Well I did and hence I came up with this recipe for Spiced Prune Traybake which was inspired by this recipe for Peach, Tea & White Chocolate Traybake from Recipes from a Normal Mum! As a kid and beyond tinned prunes and custard were a regular dessert. I vividly remember piling up the discarded stones and reciting “Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief” as many times as need be as I counted the stones. You never wanted to be any of the last three options!

Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake

I think I’d initially bought this tin of prunes to make a healthy Brownie but never got around to it so last week I looked in my cupboards for inspiration and my tin of prunes waved furiously at me (I might be using artistic licence here)! I had in mind to make a cake as I hadn’t made one in too long and baking is so very rewarding and good for the soul!

Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake

Prunes are great bed fellows with spices so I looked for some cinnamon and discovered that I’d run out. Not wanting to run around the neighbourhood to borrow some, I found that I had some cinnamon sticks and remembered that I own a nifty spice grinder. I popped a couple of broken cinnamon stick in the grinder and moments later I had beautifully pungent ground cinnamon! I also decided to add allspice, nutmeg and some vanilla extract to the mix and top with a sweet icing drizzle to contrast with the spices.

Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake

This is very much a cake aimed at grown-ups but despite my daughter’s misgivings about my cake she said it was indeed delicious. It also went down well on Mother’s Day with my mum and the rest of the family giving it a big thumbs up too!

Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake

 

For more prune recipe inspiration you might like:

  • Prune Brownie Thins
  • Prune and Walnut Muffins
  • Prune and Chocolate Shortbread
  • California Prune Energy Bars
  • Spiced Prune Chocolate Pots with Amaretto

Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake

 

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 Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake

Spiced Prune Traybake, made with tinned prunes! Fab Food 4 All #prunes #cake #traybake
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Spiced Prune Traybake

Spiced Prune Traybake uses tinned prunes for a moist and delicious cake which is mildly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice plus a dash of vanilla and topped with an icing drizzle.

Course Snack, teatime
Cuisine British
Keyword easy, tinned prunes, traybake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 12
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 50 mls vegetable oil
  • 200 g unsalted butter melted (plus extra for greasing the tin)
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 235 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 tinned prunes stoned and halved,
  • 150 g icing sugar
  • 5 tsp water

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Add the oil and butter to a small pan and heat gently for about a minute until the butter has melted, then remove from the heat.
  3. Meanwhile prepare a 22cm x 22cm tray bake tin by greasing with a little butter and lining with baking parchment.
  4. Sieve the self-raising flour into a large bowl and mix in the oil and melted butter mixture, caster sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and vanilla extract all together until a smooth batter is formed.
  5. Place the prune halves in 3 rows on top of the sponge (you’ll have an odd half left).
  6. Place on the middle shelf of oven and bake for 35 minutes or until golden on the top and a skewer comes out of the centre of the tray bake clean.
  7. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
  8. Once the cake has cooled, mix together the sieved icing sugar and water and drizzle over the cake.
  9. Leave to set and slice into squares to serve.

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Comments

  1. Debbie Hoare

    26/03/2018 at 1:32 am

    This caught my eye as I have prunes to use up. Fab recipe!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/03/2018 at 4:37 pm

      Great Debbie, do let me know what you think if you make it:-)

      Reply
  2. Dom

    22/03/2018 at 9:06 am

    adore prunes and this looks great, so simple and so good! Thanks for the link too xxx

    Reply
    • Camilla

      22/03/2018 at 12:38 pm

      Thanks Dom, it is a fab cake:-)

      Reply
  3. Robert Price

    19/03/2018 at 5:49 am

    Looks to good to eat

    Reply
  4. Meymi-Pastry and Beyond

    18/03/2018 at 5:32 pm

    I love prunes-the sweet tangy flavor. This cake sounds delicious with allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon. And the icing looks so good!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      18/03/2018 at 8:16 pm

      Thank you so much, it is a lush cake:-)

      Reply
  5. Colleen

    18/03/2018 at 4:02 pm

    Prunes are an ingredient that I have never really thought of using, but they look scrumptious in this beautiful cake! I need to get some prunes and try baking with them.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      18/03/2018 at 4:47 pm

      Thank you Colleen, yes they do get forgotten about – time for them to shine:-)

      Reply
  6. Gill

    15/03/2018 at 7:53 pm

    This recipe looks fab and I love prunes. This will be fab for packed lunches will def make it this wknd.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/03/2018 at 10:28 pm

      Excellent Gill, enjoy:-)

      Reply
  7. Janice

    15/03/2018 at 6:31 pm

    ooh, I really love prunes. I don’t often have a tin of them, but I’m sure I could adapt your recipe to use soaked dried prunes. Thanks for including a link to my California Prune Energy Bars.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/03/2018 at 10:30 pm

      Thanks Janice, yes soaked prunes would be just as good or some dried prunes are quite moist these days, had some at my mum’s the other day:-)

      Reply
  8. Kate

    15/03/2018 at 6:17 pm

    This cake looks so good! That icing looks so inviting…I wish I could try a piece right now!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/03/2018 at 10:31 pm

      Thank you Kate:-)

      Reply
  9. Ceri Jones

    15/03/2018 at 10:45 am

    I really like prunes. Which I know is not that sexy. Why do dates get all the glory?? I’ve used them for brownies before, but love the idea of this tray bake. lovely

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/03/2018 at 11:12 am

      Thanks Ceri. Prunes are a bit overlooked aren’t they, lets hope that changes:-)

      Reply
  10. Margaret Gallagher

    14/03/2018 at 11:52 pm

    Quick easy and delicious – always stuck for prune recipes

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/03/2018 at 12:10 am

      Thanks Margaret, hope you get a chance to make it:-)

      Reply
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