Mountain Measures · 1974
Fig Cake
From Mrs. Melville Hyatt. The book didn't print a hometown.
- CourseCakes
- Oven325°F
- Time75–90 minutes
- Ingredients12
- Steps6
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Method
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Step 1: Cream sugar with butter. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
Step 2: Sift flour, salt, cinnamon and allspice together. Stir the soda into the buttermilk.
Step 3: Add flour and buttermilk alternately to the butter mixture.
Step 4: Chop the figs with their liquid in a blender and add to the batter, combining thoroughly.
Step 5: Add nuts and vanilla and mix well.
Step 6: Bake at 325°F for 75 to 90 minutes. Do not open the oven door before 75 minutes.
What we changed or couldn’t read (2)
- Pan type and size not stated.
- '1 pint jar of figs' — presumably home-preserved figs in syrup.