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This is a perfect cake to satisfy your cravings and still keep that perfect shape for the summer. This cake recipe comes form a restaurant in San Francisco, it was listed on “The Big Eat 2011: 100 Things to Try Before You Die.” With a few test runs and changes I came up with a similar, yet, healthier version of the cake.

The cake gets enough sweetness from prunes and apples, but a little kick of honey ties the flavor perfectly. It is moist on the inside, with a perfect crunch. In a way, it reminds me of a Russian Sharlotka Cake.

Recipe

Fruit & Prune Lumberjack Cake slices in a row on a long plate

Fruit & Prune Lumberjack Cake

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Servings
8 People
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Prunes
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 cup Hot Boiled Water
  • 1 1/4 cup Coarse Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Coconut Oil melted
  • 1/2 cup Honey
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 large Apple peeled and chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Cut prunes into smaller pieces and pour hot, boiling water over them. Also, add baking soda to the prunes. Let the indigence soak for at least 10 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine coarse whole wheat flour and baking powder; and set aside.
    In a bowl coarse whole wheat flour and baking powder are mixed together
  • In a large bowl, beat honey, egg, vanilla and coconut oil, until combined.
    In a bowl honey, egg, vanilla and coconut oil are being beat together
  • Slowly beat in prune mixture to the eggs. Add flour mixture gradually, folding with a spatula, until combined.
    prunes added to the dough mixture
  • Fold in apples into the mixture. 
    Apples added into the dough mixture
  • Grease a 9 inch baking dish, spread mixture evenly into the pan. Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes. Let the cake cool to a room temperature.
    Baked fruit & prune lumberjack cake on a plate
Posted May 21, 2013

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Natalya Drozhzhin

Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.