Fig Cake the Original

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: 1 hr 32 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 4  eggs, beaten
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 2  cups  fig preserves
• 3  cups  sifted all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup  candied cherry
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  teaspoon  orange extract
• 1  teaspoon baking soda (add to buttermilk)
• 1  cup  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.