Fig Cake I

Name: Fig Cake I
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 3 eggs, beaten; 118 milliliters evaporated milk; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters chopped fresh figs; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters white sugar

Fig Cake I is a vegetarian recipe with 15 servings. This dessert has 224 calories, 5g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours. A mixture of baking powder, ground cloves, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.

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Frying Pan

Mix together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, 1 teaspoon baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Clove

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and 1 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in the chopped figs and pecans.

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Buttermilk

Butter

Pecans

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Figs

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Bowl

Pour batter into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

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Toothpicks

Oven

To make the icing: In a large saucepan, mix together butter, sugar, evaporated milk and baking soda. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Then cook without stirring until the mixture turns brown, or until it reaches the soft ball stage on a candy thermometer (234 degrees F - 115 degrees C). Cool to lukewarm (110 degrees F).

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Evaporated Milk