Holiday Fig Torte

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Country Woman- Judy Trott, Goldboro, North Carolina

Serves 16 people

Categories: Cakes - Frosting - Icing

Ingredients

  • 30 to 35 fig newton cookies (about 1 lb.)
  • 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 large bananas, sliced
  • 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 pkg. (5.1 oz.) instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 3 cups cold milk
  • 1 carton (12 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • Red and green maraschino cherries, well drained

Directions

  1. Cover the bottom of a 13 × 9 × 2-inch baking pan with cookies. In a mixing bowl, bet the cream cheese and sugar until fluffy; spread over cookies. Toss bananas with lemon juice; arrange over the cream cheese layer. In another bowl, beat pudding mix and milk according to package directions. Fold in half of the whipped topping; spread over bananas. Spread remaining topping over pudding layer. Sprinkle with pecans. Decorate with cherries. Cover and chill overnight.

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