Fig Cake

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living- Pat Mowry, Pass Christian, Mississippi

Serves 16 people

Categories: Cakes - Frosting - Icing

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped fresh figs or fig preserves
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (optional), toasted
  • Buttermilk Glaze:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Stir together first 7 ingredients; stir in egg, oil, and buttermilk, blending well. Stir in vanilla. Fold in figs and, if desired, pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 13 × 9 inch pan.
  2. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Pierce top of cake several times with wooden pick; drizzle Buttermilk Glaze over cake.
  3. Buttermilk Glaze:

  4. Bring all ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan, and cook 3 minutes.

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