Food and Recipes Recipes Fig Cake Be the first to rate & review! This recipe can be made with fresh figs or with good quality preserves. Sweet cream cheese frosting covers the cake and is a nice balance to the spicy fall flavors. By Southern Living Editors Southern Living Editors Since 1966, the editors of Southern Living have been carrying out the mission of the brand: to bring enjoyment, fulfillment, and inspiration to our readers by celebrating life in the South. We inspire creativity in their homes, their kitchens, their gardens, and their personal style. We are a friend they can trust, a guide to the seasons, a helping hand during the holidays, and a relentless champion of the Southern way of life. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on December 17, 2018 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Charles Walton; Styling: Cindy Manning Barr Yield: 1 (2-layer) cake Ingredients 3 large eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 1/2 cups fig preserves 1/2 cup applesauce 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted Cream Cheese Frosting Garnishes: dried figs, fresh raspberries, fresh mint sprigs Directions Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add buttermilk and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients; gradually add to buttermilk mixture, beating until blended. Fold in fig preserves, applesauce, and toasted pecans. (Batter will be thin.) Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round cakepans. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Store in refrigerator. Garnish, if desired. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Braswell's Pure Fig Preserves. Coarsely chop figs, if necessary. Rate it Print