Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Chop prunes and cover with soaking mixture. Set aside.

Step 3

Combine dry ingredients together.

Step 4

In large bowl of mixer combine sugars and oil. Beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 5

Stir in vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Blend well. Add prunes and nuts and mix well.

Step 6

Now take a leap of faith. Pour batter into an ungreased 9 inch tube pan with a removable bottom. Bake for about 1 hour or until tester comes out clean.

Step 7

15 minutes before cake is done, prepare glaze.

Step 8

In a 3 quart saucepan cook all ingredients over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Bring to a full rolling boil. Boil 1 minute.

Step 9

When cake is taken out of oven after tester comes out clean, poke holes all over cake. Pour glaze over warm cake.

Step 10

Let cake sit until cool, about two hours. Run knife around inside and outside edges of cake. Turn over onto plate and remove bottom.