Cake # 18 Prune and Walnut Swirl Cake

What a busy weekend! We went camping and Evie had her first Birthday party at a bounce house. She had so much fun this weekend. And because she had so many people wanted to hang with her, we were a little late on the cake baking - but it still happened, and here is the blog:


This is the second cake we have made that called for prunes, seriously? Am I eighty-five? I am just not a fan of the taste, they are bitter and too sweet all at the same time, like a fake sweetness (I think we all know too many people like this.) Anyway, I could never (and still don't) fathom how this could be a dried plum. Plums are juicy and tart and sweet (but not too sweet) and perfect, and then you dry it out, and well you get something that looks like a raisin on steroids. Besides prunes, this cake called for butter, apple juice, flour, baking powder, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and walnuts.

Here is the book's cake:

Here is mine:

I will be excited to bake next week's cake and be out of the dried fruit and nuts phase of the cake book. I was tired of making desserts that look like they were to be served in a nursing home or made for the holidays. Next week cake is a Coconut Lamington, which is traditionally two layers of sponge cake, with some sort of cocoa filling and icing and covered in coconuts. YUM. This is a dessert for me.