Aunt Melina’s Fig Cake
2006-01-12- Course: Cakes & Candy
- Yield : 36
- Servings : 36
- Prep Time : 20m
- Cook Time : 60m
- Ready In : 1:20 h
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Truly a CAJUN COUNTRY recipe. This recipe was received from Mae Mae Breaux and very comparable to Aunt Melina Falcon’s recipe. Remember Aunt Melina never used measuring cups; always a handful of this and a pinch of that. Mae Mae watched her for several years and came up with this recipe. We can’t tell the difference and I bet Aunt Melina wouldn’t either, if she were still with us.
Ingredients
- 4 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ginger
- 2 cups pecans, broken
- 1 to 2 cups raisins (optional)
- 1 to 2 cups dates (optional)
- 1/2 cup dark molasses
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 8 oz Orange marmalade or Orange rinds (thin julienne)
- 1 quart canned figs, crushed
Directions
Step 1
Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly in a bowl. Mix all liquid ingredients separately.
Step 2
Combine dry and liquid ingredients and bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees in a 10x16-inch pan.
During holidays, bake in mini loaf pans to give as gifts.
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