Comments on: Sugar Plum Cake: And Why I Don’t Want Diamonds

By: dogsmum

dogsmum — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:22:36 +0000

Well I said I’d have to make this cake, & so I did. I swear it’s the most moist cake I have ever made!! Thank you Christy xx

By: Philphil

Philphil — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:18:42 +0000

This cake was one my mom made in the 70s, calling it a prune cake. She even added a small jar of baby food prunes. It was one of the moistest cakes ever. Enjoyed your story about the rings too. Gary and I will be married 40 years next June and our wedding rings cost $200 back then. My little diamond still sparkles as brightly as our love for each other. Merry Christmas to all your readers and your family.

By: Pat Richards

Pat Richards — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:16:55 +0000

My mother made this cake when I was a child. She called it “Prune Cake”. It was my favorite. I have looked for this recipe for YEARS!! Thank you.

By: Diana H. De Vries

Diana H. De Vries — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:42:06 +0000

Great Story and great looking recipe. I think I will make it as our Happy Birthday Jesus Cake this year. The grandkids look forward to a cake for Jesus.
Merry Christmas to you and a Blest New Year

By: Darla Smith

Darla Smith — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:34:43 +0000

I make this cake every year for my grandparents since they are now in their 90′s and in the nursing home. My grandmother made it when we were growing up and I can’t make it without thinking about her. We called it prune cake too but I like sugarplum better. That way nobody really has to know about the prunes in it!

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:05:02 +0000

Merry Christmas to you Carol!!

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:55:30 +0000

I hope this is at least close Patricia!

By: PATIKAKES

PATIKAKES — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:37:47 +0000

Thanks so much for the recipe. This sounds like the one my mom made when I was a child. My brother and I didn’t like fruit cake; so she made this for us. I never had the recipe for it, but I always remembered it. She called it prune cake. It was OK with us since we liked them anyway. I don’t remember having the sauce, I think she put a frosting type drizzle on it. I just know it was the best cake, especially since it wasn’t fruit cake.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:28:46 +0000

What a WONDERFUL Love Story. I nearly cried. Thanks for sharing it.
Plan to try the cake this week for Christmas.
Merry Christmas!!!!!

By: Von Jenkins

Von Jenkins — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:39:49 +0000

Christy; I love your diamond story. It sounds so much like my wife & I. When we met, I lived in Tenn. she in Georgia. We fell head over hills for each other, dated for a year, when we went to buy rings, she did the same thing as you, she loved that zc like its was worth a million. We married in 1998, she passed in 2004, it was the best years of my life! Thanks for sharing your love story, and I love all your recipes! Merry Christmas!!!