fig cake

Name: Fig Cake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: 1 pint(s) fig preserves; 2 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) butter; 4 - eggs; 1 cup(s) buttermilk; 1 teaspoon(s) soda; 3 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 1 teaspoon(s) cloves; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 2 cup(s) pecans, in pieces

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Janis McRae

Central, LA

Updated on Mar 8, 2012

My Mom's recipe for one of Daddy's favorite cakes.

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cook time 1 Hr 30 Min

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Ingredients

1 pint fig preserves
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup butter
4 - eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups pecans, in pieces

How To Make fig cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cream sugar and butter; add beaten eggs.

Step 2

Mix buttermilk and soda and then add to first mixture.
Step 3

Add flour gradually, add nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon.
Step 4

Add fig preserves, vanilla and nuts.
Step 5

Bake in tube pan 1 1/2 hours or until done at 300 degrees. This is a very dense cake.
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