Grandma cracker's holiday cake

Mollie vassallo
      1 c  Oil
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      1 c  buttermilk
      2 c  flour
      1 ts Soda
      1 ts Salt
      1 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Nutmeg
    1/2 ts Allspice
      3    Eggs; unbeaten
  1 1/4 c  Pecans; chopped
  1 1/4 c  Stewed prunes; chopped
      1 ts vanilla
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      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  buttermilk
    1/2 ts Soda
      4 tb butter
 
  CAKE:  Mix oil, sugar and buttermilk well.  Sift flour, soda, salt and
  spices together.  add sifted ingredients to the first mixture. Add eggs,
  pecans, prune, and vanilla. Mix well, and pour into prepared pans. )Either
  a tube pan or 2 loaf pans). Bake at 350~F for about 50 minutes. Reduce
  cooking time if using a tube pan. ICING: Cook to softball stage in a large
  pan.  Pour over cake about 5 minutes BEFORE removing from oven.
 
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