Mascarpone Cake with Red Wine California Prunes - California Prunes | Prunes. For life.

Ingredients

• 8 oz Pitted California prunes (about 20-25, depending on size)
• 1 ½ cups California pinot noir or lighter red wine
• ¼ cup sugar
• Pinch of kosher salt
• 2 cinnamon sticks, or ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• Optional: 1 star anise pod
• Cooking spray or butter for the pan
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¾ tsp baking powder
• ¾ tsp Diamond Crystal* kosher salt
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup mascarpone, divided, at room temperature
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp finely-grated lemon zest