FIG PRESERVE CAKE

Fig Preserve Cake image

Ok folks,run and grab those fig preserves that you have sitting in the cupboards and get to cooking,if you wait till Christmas to make this cake you will slap yourself because it is the best cake I have ever eaten,and you will think so too after you make it!!Got this recipe from mom who has been making it for years.

Provided by ngdarlen

Categories Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 1 10inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup fig preserves
1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon real butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Combine first 8 ingredients in a large mixing bowl;add oil and eggs,beating well at medium speed with electric mixer.
Add buttermilk and vanilla,beating well.
Stir in preserves and pecans or walnuts.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes;remove from pan and place on serving platter.
Pour buttermilk glaze over cake while both are still warm.
BUTTERMILK GLAZE.
Melt 1 tablespoon real butter in saucepan over low heat,add the buttermilk and the powdered sugar and heat till dissolved,then add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
If the glaze is to thin or thick add powdered sugar or more buttermilk accordingly till you get the consistency you like.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 6476.9, Fat 289.5, SaturatedFat 46.3, Cholesterol 600.8, Sodium 3176.8, Carbohydrate 920.7, Fiber 17.9, Sugar 651.6, Protein 61.5