Grand Prize Winner Holiday Southern Fig Cake
From rosemaryblue 16 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This was the GRAND PRIZE WINNER in Southern Living's Holiday Contest years ago. It is very moist and delicious. The presentation on a white cake stand is festive & lovely. Fig cakes are very tasty and special.
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 cup vegetable oil shopping list
- 1/2 cup buttermilk shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups fig preserves shopping list
- 1/2 cup applesauce shopping list
- 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted shopping list
- cream cheese frosting shopping list
- Garnishes: dried figs, fresh raspberries, fresh mint sprigs shopping list
- cream cheese frosting shopping list
- 1 stick unsalted butter shopping list
- 1-8 ounce package cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
- 1-16 ounce box powdered sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
- Add buttermilk and vanilla; beat well.
- Combine flour and next 5 ingredients; gradually add to buttermilk mixture, beating until blended.
- Fold in fig preserves, applesauce, and toasted pecans.
- (Batter will be thin.)
- Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round cakepans.
- Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or check with wooden pick
- Cool on wire racks 10 minutes;
- Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- Using electric mixer, cream butter and cream cheese, until VERY light and fluffy
- Add vanilla, mix well
- Gradually add powdered sugar, mixing well
- Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake
- Store in refrigerator. Garnish, if desired.
- Note: Braswell's Pure Fig Preserves was used. Coarsely chop figs, if necessary.
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
This is a great cake! I have a huge fig tree that is very happy supplying me with lots of figs and I am always looking for wayS to use 'em. I made a boiled buttermilk glaze for this cake and it was wonderful. Thanks for the recipe!
cassyc52
in Pensacola loved it
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