Fig Cake the Original

Submitted by tonyf56

"You can tell we like figs. We have six figs trees so far, and when the figs are ripe my wife and I are out eating them off the trees. My wife does so much with figs. These are just some of the recipes."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 32mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 591.47 ml sugar
• 177.44 ml butter
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 236.59 ml buttermilk
• 473.18 ml fig preserves
• 709.77 ml sifted all-purpose flour
• 118.29 ml candied cherry
• 4.92 ml cinnamon
• 2.46 ml nutmeg
• 2.46 ml clove
• 4.92 ml vanilla
• 4.92 ml orange extract
• 4.92 ml baking soda (add to buttermilk)
• 236.59 ml chopped pecans

directions

1. Cream sugar and butter add beaten eggs.
2. Mix baking soda with buttermilk and add to first mixture.
3. Gradually add flour and spices.
4. Add figs,extract, nuts and cherries.
5. Bake in greased and floured tube pan 1 hour and 20 minute at 300 F.