Rich Honey Cake With Prunes Recipe

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Rich Honey Cake With Prunes
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
369
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • crust
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 2 lbs sour cream
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 lemon - both zest and juice
  • cloves

Directions:

  1. Warm up wine in microwave until very warm
  2. Pour wine over prunes and set aside
  3. Preheat the oven to 375F
  4. Make the crust:
  5. 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.
  6. Whisk sugar, pinch of salt, butter, honey and eggs together over the steam until smooth and sugar dissolved
  7. Remove from heat, add baking soda
  8. 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
  9. Fold the dough out on a well floured surface and knead until it stops sticking to your hands
  10. Divide dough into 8 pieces and shape them into balls
  11. For each ball:
  12. A. roll it out on a well floured surface into 1/4 inch crust
  13. B. put a cake dish over it, and cut around the dish to shape the crust into a perfect cake shape
  14. C. transfer the crust onto un-greased baking sheet and pierce it with fork in many places
  15. D. bake the crust for about 4-5 minutes, or until nicely golden. Don't brown too much
  16. Set crusts aside and let cool
  17. Prepare creme:
  18. Drain the prunes and reserve the wine
  19. Chop the prunes coarsely
  20. Chop the walnuts, reserve 2-3 tbsp of walnuts
  21. Whisk the sour cream, add sugar in batches.
  22. Add salt, prunes, vanilla, cloves, 2-3 tbs of wine, lemon juice and lemon zest, stir well until sugar dissolves
  23. Spread the creme over crusts, one by one.
  24. Pour reserved walnuts over the top crust
  25. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 368.83 Kcal (1544 kJ)
Calories from fat 210.34 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.37g 36%
Cholesterol 93.29mg 31%
Sodium 194.86mg 8%
Potassium 251.92mg 5%
Total Carbs 34.4g 11%
Sugars 27.45g 110%
Dietary Fiber 0.73g 3%
Protein 7.24g 14%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 123.7mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 250.06 Kcal (1047 kJ)
Calories from fat 142.61 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.85g 36%
Cholesterol 63.25mg 31%
Sodium 132.11mg 8%
Potassium 170.8mg 5%
Total Carbs 23.32g 11%
Sugars 18.61g 110%
Dietary Fiber 0.49g 3%
Protein 4.91g 14%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.4mg 3%
Calcium 83.9mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.2
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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