Recipe

Winnie-the-pooh Prune Cake Recipe

	Crainny / All my dishes 5 months, 3 weeks ago Not sure where the name comes from, probably because the crust is honey based. This extravagant rich and moist cake will guarantee the success of your party. There is more to life than chocolate, you know! Always prepare it in advance - it needs some time to soak.... More Prep:40m Cook:30m Servings:12	Crainny
	prunes lemon cream honey walnuts

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Ingredients

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Crust:

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1/3 cup honey

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

3 large eggs

1/2 cup white sugar

1 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

all purpose flour

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Creme:

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30 pitted prunes

1/2 cup red wine

2 lbs sour cream

1-1/2 cups sugar

1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

pinch of salt

1 lemon - both zest and juice

vanilla extract

cloves

Directions

Warm up wine in microwave until very warm

Pour wine over prunes and set aside

Preheat the oven to 375F

Make the crust:

Prepare a "steam bath" by boiling water in one saucepan and setting the other saucepan over the boiling water. They don't have to fit well together, you can just hold the upper pan in your hand over the boiler.

Whisk sugar, pinch of salt, butter, honey and eggs together over the steam until smooth and sugar dissolved

Remove from heat, add baking soda

Add 2 cups of flour immediately, mix very fast and thoroughly, and keep adding flour in smaller batches until forms soft and sticky dough. Stir with wooden spoon

Fold the dough out on a well floured surface and knead until it stops sticking to your hands

Divide dough into 8 pieces and shape them into balls

For each ball:

a. roll it out on a well floured surface into 1/4 inch crust

b. put a cake dish over it, and cut around the dish to shape the crust into a perfect cake shape

c. transfer the crust onto un-greased baking sheet and pierce it with fork in many places

d. bake the crust for about 4-5 minutes, or until nicely golden. Don't brown too much

Set crusts aside and let cool

Prepare creme:

Drain the prunes and reserve the wine

Chop the prunes coarsely

Chop the walnuts, reserve 2-3 tbsp of walnuts