Old Fashioned Prune Cake – Cherry Bombe

Ingredients

• 1 heaping cup California Prunes minced (28 to 30 prunes)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup neutral baking oil or olive oil
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour or 2 cups gluten-free flour + 2 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch of coarse kosher salt