Plum Bread

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

This is called a bread, but tastes more like a cake. I make this mostly during the holidays. The spices in this cake just lend themselves to eggnog and Christmas smells. You can bake this as a bundt cake, 4 small loaves, or 2 medium loaves.

Ingredients

1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 (4 ounce) jars plum baby food
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon red food coloring
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a bundt pan or loaf pans.
2 In a large bowl, mix together vegetable oil, white sugar, eggs, plum baby food, and food coloring. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking soda, and nuts.
3 Mix wet and dry ingredients together. Transfer batter to prepared pan(s).
4 Bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. (Smaller loaf pans will take less time.)
5 Remove from oven to cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove and place on cooling rack.
6 While the cake is cooling, combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice. Brush over top while cake is still hot.