Fig Cake

Categories: Cakes - Frosting - Icing

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped fresh figs or fig preserves
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional), toasted
• Buttermilk Glaze:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

1. Stir together first 7 ingredients; stir in egg, oil, and buttermilk, blending well. Stir in vanilla. Fold in figs and, if desired, pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 13 × 9 inch pan.
2. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Pierce top of cake several times with wooden pick; drizzle Buttermilk Glaze over cake.

3. Buttermilk Glaze:

4. Bring all ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan, and cook 3 minutes.

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