Grand Prize Winner Fig Cake
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By
TAMMY WADE
@Tammywade
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This recipe is from Southern Living Magazine, and was their Grand Prize winner!!
Ingredients
- 3
- large eggs
- 1 c
- sugar
- 1 c
- vegetable oil
- 1/2 c
- buttermilk
- 1 tsp
- vanilla
- 2 c
- all purpose flour
- 1 tsp
- baking soda
- 1 tsp
- salt
- 1 tsp
- ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp
- ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp
- ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 c
- fig preserves
- 1/2 c
- applesauce
- 1 c
- chopped, pecans, toasted
- cream cheese frosting (recipe below)
How to Make Grand Prize Winner Fig Cake
- 1Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add buttermilk and vanilla; beat well
- 2Combine flour and next 8 ingredients; gradually add to the buttermilk mixture, beating until blended. Fold in fig preserves, applesauce, and toasted pecans. (batter will be thin).
- 3Pour mixture into 2 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans, bake at 350* for approx. 35-40 min. let cool 10 min. befor removing from pan.
- 4Cream Cheese Frosting: When cake is completely cool, frost with following: 1 stick butter, softened, 1 8oz. cream cheese, softened, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and 1 16 oz box powdered sugar. Frost inbetween layers and top and sides. Enjoy
