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fig preserve cake
me (yelling from the bottom of the stairs to three sleepy-bedheaded-getting-ready-for-school-kids): children! what do you want for breakfast?!
#1son, only daughter, #2son: pause. then loudly, in unison. CAKE!!!!! FIG CAKE!!!!
a very easy to make cake that’s so moist and tender as is, that the topping takes it, well… over the top. i used less spices than called for in the recipe from cooks.com.
#2son said as the came home from school yesterday, hmmm smells like carrot cake! (must be the spices). but the flavor is quite different, somewhat raisin-like, somewhat plummy, a very subtle figgy-ness….
fig preserve cake:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 & 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup melted butter (2 sticks)
3 eggs
1 tbsp. vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup fig preserves
1/2 cup chopped pecans (walnuts or raisins)
preheat oven to 325F. lightly butter a 9 by 13 inch pan.
sift dry ingredients. add butter, vanilla and buttermilk, mix well. add fig preserves and pecans.
stir just until combined. bake 40-45 minutes. cool in pan.
cake tastes great as is but if you like it stickysweet…make topping : mix 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 stick butter, 1 tbsp. vanilla, 1 tbsp. corn syrup (i used Lyle’s golden syrup), 1/2 tsp. baking soda. warm up to a slow boil, over low heat. let boil 3 minutes. remove from heat. punch holes into top of cake with thin skewer
and pour topping while still warm.
cut into bars and serve.
May 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
oh my gosh. that looks sooooo delicious. yours doesn’t have the sticky topping, right? also, where do you get fig preserves? i’ve never seen it. ay naku, pinahirapan pa ko
i want to bake that tonight. tell me, tell me where to get the fig preserves!
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 pm
May 7th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
This looks super yummy! I found those fig preserves here in a specialty store, but now they’ve disappeared! As soon as I see them again I will get a couple of bottles and try this out :)
May 8th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Hi, Stel.
I recently bought the same brand of fig preserve at Makati Super and was planning to slather it over some crusty seven-grain bread and butter. I really love this idea, though - I must try it before the rest of the clan wipes out the jar! 
May 10th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
huwaw! I love fig! Just yesterday I bought a box, pinapapak!
chef, meron pa ba?
May 13th, 2007 at 12:36 am
What did the “soda” in the topping recipe refer to: soda water or baking soda? Thanks.
May 13th, 2007 at 2:49 am