Prune Cake

Ingredients

• Cake
• 2 cups granulated sugar (473 ml)
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (237 ml)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (710 ml)
• 2 tsp baking soda (9.9 ml)
• 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk (237 ml)
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon (9.9 ml)
• 1 tsp ground cloves (4.9 ml)
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg (4.9 ml)
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt (2.5 ml)
• 2/3 cup finely chopped pecans (158 ml)
• Butter Chocolate Frosting
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (355 ml)
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1 Tbsp light corn syrup (14.8 ml)
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream (355 ml)
• 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped (170 g)
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped (85.0 g)
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces (177 ml)
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (7.4 ml)