Plum Cake Creates Bond Between Friends
After a long weekend away at a hockey tournament, I came home and enjoyed a delicious piece of plum cake that my friend Tracey made for me last week.
Quite a few years ago, I met this crazy fun Southern girl. (She uses words like “commode” and “cellular unit.”) We instantly bonded when we realized that we had the same childhood love for a certain plum cake made with BABY FOOD.
For reasons only he knows, God brings people (and sisters!) into your life who bring you joy and true, honest friendship. People who are constant cheerleaders for all your dreams, friends who can have thoughtful conversations that don’t include gossip and bad-mouthing others. People who will bake cake for you. Keep those friends.
Surround yourself with THOSE people.
Stir their pot of goodness until it runneth over.
Sweet wishes,
Plum Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs, large
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
- 8 oz plum baby food
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans, or walnuts
Icing
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ¼ cup confectioners powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- pinch of salt
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Mix oil, sugar, and eggs. Add vanilla, food coloring, and plum baby food. Mix well.
- Blend in dry ingredients. Stir in nuts.
- Pour into a well-greased Bundt pan. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Let rest 10 minutes. Invert onto wire cooling rack and remove Bundt pan.
Icing
- Simmer butter, sugar, milk, and salt for 3 minutes. Drizzle over cake while warm.
Nutrition
All text and images © Staci Mergenthal • Random Sweets
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You are correct to focus on those who bring positivity into your life and not those who drain you! Even though it hurts when people talk badly about you and they have the FB rally cries behind them, just remember it’s FB which is 90% not real life! 🙂 And cake is always the answer in the good or bad times! 🙂
You’re so funny Tamara! Cake kicks Facebook’s ass anyDAY! I left out the part that these two ladies are part of my extended family and that a few of the people who commented on FB are my friends but they didn’t even realize what the situation was. On to real life… 🙂
Love you, Staci!
You have always been such a true, sweet friend Jan. I miss you!