Tom Thumb Cake (with Canned Plums)

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups flour
• 1 (15 ounce) can oregon purple plums, drained and chopped
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2-1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter

Recipe

• 1 blend sugar and oil, add eggs and beat well. sift all dry ingredients together and mix into batter alternately with buttermilk. stir in nuts, plums and vanilla.
• 2 pour into ungreased 9x13 pan and bake 1 hour at 300°f
• 3 buttermilk icing: mix ingredientsin saucepan. bring to a boil and cook until it forms a soft ball, about 15 minutes. upon removing cake form oven, poke holes in top with a fork and pour the hot buttermilk icing over it immediately.