Cakes: Bonnie Hicks Deep South Fig Cake

By JoFClark

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 t salt
• 1 t soda
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1 t cloves
• 1 t nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup fig preserves
• 1/2 cup strawberry preserves
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 T vanilla flavoring
• Topping
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 T Karo syrup
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 stick butter
• 1 t soda
• 1 t vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Sift dry ingredients together
Beat in oil.
Add eggs (one at a time), buttermilk and vanilla.
Stir in preserves and nuts
Grease and flour tube pan. (Granny uses a 9 X 13 inch pan).
Pour in batter and bake for 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees. (If using a 9 X 13 inch pan, bake for 1 hour.)
When done, pour topping over hot cake.

Topping
Start topping 10 or 15 minutes before cake is done
Cook 10 minutes.
Punch holes in cake and pour over cake.
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