Tante Linda’s Buttermillk Fig Preserve Cake with Buttermilk Glaze
2009-01-03- Course: Cakes & Candy, Desserts, Jams & Jellies
- Yield : 12
- Servings : 12
- Prep Time : 20m
- Cook Time : 60m
- Ready In : 1:20 h
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Grab those fig preserves that you have hiding in the kitchen cabinets and get to baking and make this rich, decadent Cajun fig preserve cake.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup cooking oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups fig preserves
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp each cinnamon and nutmeg
- Buttermilk Glaze:
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp corn starch
- 1/4 cup margarine
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
Directions
Step 1
Separately combine all dry ingredients (except pecans) and all wet ingredients.
Step 2
Mix the wet and the dry together and add the chopped pecans.
Step 3
Bake in a lightly oiled and floured 9x13 baking pan or bundth pan for one hour at 325 degrees.
Step 4
Buttermilk Glaze: Combine the buttermilk, 1/2 cup sugar, baking soda, cornstarch and margarine in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Step 5
Cool slightly and add in the vanilla. While mixture is warm, pour over the slightly cooled cake.
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