Holiday Fig Torte
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Country Woman- Judy Trott, Goldboro, North Carolina
Serves 16 peopleCategories: 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
- 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.